A Reflection of the Skills Acquired from Inter-Professional Education and How They May Be Applied in Practice
A reflection on the skills acquired from collaborative learning and how they may be applied in practice
The Inter-professional Education (IPE) module is about students from different healthcare professions who learn together about the concepts of health care and how to improve patient care and health services in general. Reynolds (2005) defined IPE as “…collaborative working and the sharing of common goals in relation to the patient /client care or therapy.” Throughout this reflective assignment, I will be discussing what I have learnt from the topics in this module and how I think my learning may be applied in practice. To structure my discussions and analysis, I will be using the Rolfe et al (2001) reflective model. Reflection on anything is necessary for successful learning; Gibbs (1988) states, “the feelings and thoughts developed through reflection are what generate concepts and it is through these concepts that we learn”.
IPE allowed me to work together with colleagues who have similar values on the health of patients and benefit to communities to share ideas on how patient care, quality and effectiveness on health services could be improved. Through this, I gained a reasonable insight into what colleagues from different healthcare professions do and how they contribute to patient care and health services.
In the IPE module, I was allocated into a group where there was a variety of healthcare programmes, which included Pharmacy, Radiography, Adult Nursing and Paramedics. As a group, our roles were the same because we discussed several different topics linked into the concept of professionalism for healthcare professionals, which consisted of communication, consent, safeguarding, ethics and diversity. This was a great platform to share my thoughts with my colleagues and it enhanced my listening skills because most of the group contributed and had their own opinions, which, as a healthcare professional, one has to respect.
IPE was a good module in the
The Inter-professional Education (IPE) module is about students from different healthcare professions who learn together about the concepts of health care and how to improve patient care and health services in general. Reynolds (2005) defined IPE as “…collaborative working and the sharing of common goals in relation to the patient /client care or therapy.” Throughout this reflective assignment, I will be discussing what I have learnt from the topics in this module and how I think my learning may be applied in practice. To structure my discussions and analysis, I will be using the Rolfe et al (2001) reflective model. Reflection on anything is necessary for successful learning; Gibbs (1988) states, “the feelings and thoughts developed through reflection are what generate concepts and it is through these concepts that we learn”.
IPE allowed me to work together with colleagues who have similar values on the health of patients and benefit to communities to share ideas on how patient care, quality and effectiveness on health services could be improved. Through this, I gained a reasonable insight into what colleagues from different healthcare professions do and how they contribute to patient care and health services.
In the IPE module, I was allocated into a group where there was a variety of healthcare programmes, which included Pharmacy, Radiography, Adult Nursing and Paramedics. As a group, our roles were the same because we discussed several different topics linked into the concept of professionalism for healthcare professionals, which consisted of communication, consent, safeguarding, ethics and diversity. This was a great platform to share my thoughts with my colleagues and it enhanced my listening skills because most of the group contributed and had their own opinions, which, as a healthcare professional, one has to respect.
IPE was a good module in the