I am a Student Paramedic with the East Of England Ambulance NHS Trust and this essay will look reflectively at an incident I attended during the course of my duties. The assignment will reflect on the moral, ethical and legal aspects of pre-hospital care that challenged me during this particular emergency. Reflective practice is a requirement of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC, 2014). Rolfe, Freshwater and Jasper (2001) state, “we learn by doing and realising what came of what we did”.…
Goals are something that I have always thought about in my life. Whether it be graduating high school, passing a test, or going to college. Back then I had a lot of simple goals that were easy to accomplish, but now it’s time to start making those goals much bigger. As for my first goal I would like to graduate college with no complications. To do this I will have to always stay on task, turn work in when it is due, and taking care of things before it’s too late.…
One of the most important thing I have learned in this course that has positively affected my confidence in my writing skills is the concept of writing a “shitty first draft”. In my midterm self-assessment, I discussed how I thought I was among one of the unlucky ones that was not blessed with natural writing skills. However, through class discussions, I’ve learned that one of the most important competent of professional writing is the need for constant revision. Contrary to popular believe, writing does not come easy to anyone. In order to successfully produce professional writing, it is important that one plan, draft, revise, and edit his or her work.…
Competency 2 also states that social workers should present themselves as learners. I presented myself as the facilitator for the day, students called me teacher and I told them I was not a teacher or expert in citizenship classes but still they called me teacher. Another point Competency 2 refers to is self-regulation to manage the influence of personal biases and values when working. To be honest I don't think someone could master this point who could put aside their own values? I think in one way or the other you will always say and suggest something base on your own beliefs or values.…
When it comes to understanding yourself and your personality on a deeper level than normally, you must take personal stories into perspective that have shaped your life while growing up. According to McAdams, “defining oneself through a personal story is an act of psychological and social responsibility” (Engler 2009). Psychological and social responsibility relate to how you act onto actions around you and how you tie society into your viewpoint of the world. In other words, explaining yourself through a story can show several things such as how your emotions played an affect, the type of response you displayed to something that happened, and as well as the lessons you learned through a personal but also social aspect. In addition, McAdams…
Descriptions I have written a reflective account details my experiences in teaching a new patient in dialysis to care for his dialysis access (AVF), maintaining her potassium and phosphate diet to an acceptable range for chronic kidney disease patient. The patient is young, working, well educated and speak English very well. He is very interested to learn, to care of his dialysis access (AVF). Furthermore, I completed my teaching using observation and also checking his lab work every month.…
Loughran, J. (2002). Effective Reflective Practice; In search of meaning in learning about teaching. This article discusses the importance of reflective practice as a way for teachers to gain valuable insight and knowledge about their teaching practice.…
Reflecting back on how my personal learning network has grown throughout the variety of roles I have held in public education, this assignment has helped me to realize that social networking tools have played a much bigger role in my professional learning than I had originally thought. As a whole my network seems to be a balance between print, digital and face-to-face interactions. Currently, I am a member of ASCD and enjoy getting their monthly publications and do take time to read the quarterly books that are sent. Professional reading has always been an enjoyment for me and seems to guide my digital searches. I enjoy Pinterest and searching Google images to see how other educators are putting the ideas I have read about into practice.…
Coming from a school where the English department was not proficient, my hope for this semester is to learn how to improve my writing. Improving my writing skills will not only help me succeed throughout my college English courses, but also for my major. I am psychology major and know that it will be expected of me to write in a professional manner for patient reports.…
I have more than seventeen years’ experienced with expertise in journalism, advertising, online marketing, public relations and mass communication. My professional experiences exposed me in the field of advertising like television, radio, print, email and outdoor advertisements. I have a strong working information of keywords, online advertising and social media. Working in the field of media has already established excellent working relationships to the member of the press and increased great interpersonal communications skills. I have worked out a lot of business and advertising projects with multiple media representatives.…
1. Communication I was unsure on what to do with my life, but I did know that it was in the field of healthcare. After taking health related courses are the University of Waterloo, I was ensured that I wanted to pursue a career in this field. At the beginning of the class, I had no idea as to which specific career I wanted to venture into, but I always knew that I would want to work with a lot of people.…
Nursing is a lifelong learning. To grow professionally in nursing I need to reflect and analyse on my clinical experiences. It will help me to improve my professional practice, gain more knowledge and skills, and increase my critical thinking abilities and confidence in dealing with difficult situations. To reflect on what I had learned during my past work experiences I will use Gibbs reflective cycle. It was my first week of work as an Operating Theatre (OT) nurse.…
Part A. Reflective practice literature review Introduction The assignment is devoted to teacher self-reflection which is acknowledged to be one of the moves that will lead to development and professionalism. Part A looks firstly at theory of reflection in general and then how it works in teaching. It points why reflection is essential in teaching practice and presents different ways of reflections as well as different levels of reflection. Whereas part B, presents more practical use of reflection and how it was used by me.…
I Have Learned This is my second year at Stephens College, but I just finished my first semester as an education major, and it was amazing! I started out my college career as a psychology major, but I plan to graduate with an education degree, and fulfill my dream of teaching children. Throughout this semester I have learned many different things about teaching that will stick with me my entire career. I learned about the teaching and learning process through the course work I was given, the time I spent in the classroom teaching lessons, as well as the times that I sat back and just observed the preschool and elementary classrooms.…
My project began as a way for me to give back to the community in a way in which I could use my strengths to inspire and teach. Some of the reasons why I began my journey here at J. K. Lee were to become more assertive, responsible, disciplined, and self-confident. These were qualities that held me back from reaching my full potential. I wanted to incorporate these skills into my project and challenge myself in new and different directions.…