2. I discovered that I still have a whole lot to improve upon if I want to become a better student, collaborator, and if I want to succeed in contributing to my group in this class. Based from the two sessions I think that there are still many personal things I have to work on on myself if I want to keep up with the coming activities in the near future. 

 

3. I think I can use what I learned in both personal and professional aspects because the key point of the two sessions were based on how we can communicate and cooperate with others. What I learned in this class are certain qualities and guidelines that I can attribute to my performance as a student and as a future healthcare professional because in our field, teamwork and client/patient-based care are two key factors to being proficient. 

2. What did I discover about myself? 

3. In which areas, personal or professionally, will I use what I learned? 

 

2. For a long time now, I have always been shy around unfamiliar people. I found it difficult to establish and engage in a conversation. I realized that to ensure the best outcome from our patient, a coherent rehabilitation team should be at hand. This can be accomplished through group communication. Thus, I must use the opportunity of being with the other members of the rehab team to develop my communication skills. 

 

3. The importance of time management is something that can be applied to both personal and professional areas in my life. Time is a limited resource that affects both areas if not managed properly. I must learn to always balance my schedule, ensuring that I have enough time for both.  

2. The more I learn about handling patients, the more excited I get to become a physical therapist and a doctor. The thought of collaborating with healthcare professionals excites me, as this allows us to analyze different cases until we arrive with the most proper interventions aligned with our goals. More so, we get to learn from each other as we work for our patients. 

3. Being a healthcare worker would require you to serve patients who aren’t at their best. Realizing our goal here, which is our patient's journey towards better health, would require us to also realize the fact that teamwork yields excellent results as this is the collective sum of strengths of an organization. Consulting with other healthcare professionals helps us prepare better intervention plans for our patients, and this is a win-win situation because this makes me a better healthcare worker as well. This also applies for anything outside my career, because I do think we should be smart enough to admit that we're not the best at everything. It is always smart to consult with those people and learn from them.

 

2. The things that I discovered about myself is that to give my patient the care that they need is that I should be able to open up more to people when collaborating, to speak up more about my ideas they may not be the best but when speaking up may ideas could potentially help in making the right intervention the patients need, me being able to speak up and share my ideas means contributing more and like they say more minds working together the outcome that is produced would be better. Another is that I should be more confident and try to engage with people I may be working with because it helps widen my world and my knowledge about the different methods I can use to help my patient's needs.

3. I learned about creating a plan, and I think that it can help me both in my personal and daily life because having a plan means I can plot out my time and effectively not waste time; however, this area still needs some work in my personal life because I still was not able to adapt. 

What did I discover about myself? 

In which areas, personal or professionally, will I use what I learned? 

- Our main responsibility as Physical therapists is to provide interventions that can help alleviate our patient’s impairments, assist them in doing functional tasks and educate them regarding precautionary measures as to prevent recurrence of the condition. The list of impairments we can help treat is far more than just inhibiting musculoskeletal pain and tightness, rather we can also provide cardiopulmonary interventions through breathing exercises, ACBT, Postural drainages, etc. as well as neurologic interventions. Moreover, prior to the actual plan of care for the patient, we consult with the patient first through subjective and objective evaluations through interview and utilization of different assessments appropriate to gather the needed information for us to get an overall idea of our patient’s complaints and manifestations towards making a PT diagnosis. Apart from just doing the exercises at the clinic or rehabilitation center, we also have the duty to teach them home exercise programs so that they can be able to still proceed with their recovery even at home and numerous follow-ups so that we will be aware about how our patient is progressing. And lastly, we can make use of physical modalities to further assist our patient in addressing their complaints whether it be using hydrotherapy, cryotherapy, electrical stimulation, IRR, etc. 

 

Apart from these, we also have significant roles towards the academe, community and the overall structure of the healthcare system, In terms of the academe, we can play a significant role towards educating students in the rehabilitation program whether it be on the Physical Therapy course or even other courses under the program. We can share to them our experiences particularly the practical applications of what it is discussed in school as well as provide guidance on how they can effectively learn the lessons they are taught in such a way that they can remember it as well as apply it efficiently when given problems of which PT interventions can be utilized.  For the community, we can be among the primary advocates towards promoting health and wellness through educating the general public as well about what it is we know about relating their health and how they can prevent having certain conditions as well as how they can improve their quality of life with regards to their diet, lifestyle, etc. Moreover, community-based work is among the top responsibilities we have as part of the healthcare profession and since not all Filipinos have access to these given different circumstances in the country, we have the obligation to provide them with our services as we have swore an oath once we are licensed Physical therapists in the future. And finally, we also play a vital role in providing change for the healthcare system of the Philippines whether it be becoming part of discussions which can improve our profession or advocating for improvement in the healthcare delivery system of the country.

 

On the other hand, the non-professional roles that Physical Therapists have include being part of organizations that are related to the profession, managing fitness centers, clinics or other establishments, etc. Although these are considered non-professional roles of a Physical therapist, they can be considered equally important provided that its purpose is ethical and purposeful to the professional duties of a Physical Therapist.

 

2. What is the value of role clarity among members of the team?

- Clarity is significantly important in an IPE team because it is a key component that can become a pillar that builds effective communication, collaboration and cooperation amongst the team members. Clarity possesses the quality of being cohesive as well as intelligible. Cohesion is basically similar to unity which is necessary in forming the IPE team in order for us to achieve the necessary goals we have set while intelligible is having the ability to be comprehensive and understandable which is equally important to ensure that the communication among members as well as the patients we are helping will be clear, concise and digestible by everyone included in the dialogue or discussion. Given this definition, it is important as well in sustaining the camaraderie amongst the IPE team especially because during tough and toxic situations, clarity would be very helpful for the team to find an opening to resolve conflict and prevent misunderstandings to becoming a major issue within the team. Also, clarity helps us to apply as well the concepts of “Learning collaboratively” and “Patient-centered care” in terms of how it is active when we talk about understanding the roles and responsibilities of every member part of the IPE team as well as having a united goal to helping the patient in every aspect that is possible for the IPE team.

- As a professional, a physical therapist is responsible for their patient's welfare. It is our duty to improve our patient's quality of life by restoring their function, and this could be challenging at times since we deal with patients experiencing a lot of discomfort and changes in their bodies, which could also be affecting their mental health. This is done by providing our patients with a sound treatment plan consisting of therapeutic exercises, physical modalities, a home exercise program, and proper patient education. Our non-professional roles, on the other hand, could be as simple as looking out for those around us. This could start with our family and friends who seek our advice, and those who badly need to undergo PT rehabilitation but cannot afford to do so. Our contribution to our society goes beyond the walls of the hospitals, as we could also be PTs outside the hospital setting e.g. during emergencies, promoting benefits of exercise, educating people, etc. 

2. What is the value of role clarity among members of the team?

- When we are aware of our roles, we gain a sense of direction. For example, when working as a team, you could only contribute the best you can when you know what exactly to work on. With role clarity, one could serve their purpose and make the most out of their opportunity to contribute to the team. For a team to come up with quality work, they must ensure the clarity of roles between its members so they could amplify their group members' strengths and also identify in what ways could they complement each other. 

For Collaborative Learning, I was able to see the benefits of having the opportunity to study and learn with students from different fields or profession. One of those benefits would be how it allows us to have more perspectives in trying to understand the patient/client’s case. Different professions would have varying inputs on the case that would really help in better addressing the patient/client. Another point would be how these different inputs may complement each other to further improve the quality of care given to the patient/client. For the Patient Centered Care, I was able to learn how complicated some cases could be. I guess I was a bit used to prioritizing how to address the patient’s impairments and condition that I would always just minimally consider how it affects the patient and the people around him/her (usually for functional activities only). Now I can see its importance as it may give my patient/clients a better experience with the healthcare system, greater satisfaction with the quality of care and higher chances of better health outcomes.

2. What did I discover about myself? 

After the two lectures from the IPE class, I discovered how there’s still a lot that I don’t know and that there’s a big room for improvement. There are a lot of factors that I haven’t been considering and fortunately I am aware of them now. I realized that we can’t really provide everything that the patient/ client needs on our own and that seeking help or collaboration with other professionals as well as involving the people surrounding the patient, would have great effect on the overall healthcare experience.

3. In which areas, personal or professionally, will I use what I learned? 

Professionally, I can apply what I learned by being open and always considering how collaboration with other professionals may benefit my future patients/clients. I will also always consider and involve the patient’s family and other people around them. Personally. I think I can apply this by being open to what others have to say. I will try to be more open-minded in accepting the ideas of other people, specially when their inputs are valid and helpful.

 
Clarity is a fundamental trait when it comes to working with a team. Having this in a group would mean that all members are aware of their roles, responsibilities and what is expected of them. With clarity each member would know their place in the group, and this will allow them to work efficiently. If all members of the team have clarity, then collaboration would be more fluid and working with other professionals would feel more comfortable.  Conflicts and clashing with other professionals may even be avoided as they would be aware of their capabilities and the competencies of the other professionals that they work with. Furthermore, with clarity, all the members of the team will be prioritizing each of their own goals that is included in their field’s scope. This would allow the team to address different problems of the patient/client at the same time therefore treatment would be more effective.

 

2. What is the value of role clarity among members of the team?

2. What is the value of role clarity among members of the team?

The role of the Occupational therapist is to first assess and evaluate the patient’s condition. We must determine where the patient experiences difficulty in the areas of occupation and determine why it is difficult for them.  The intervention will be developed in collaboration with the patient and the patient’s family to meet their desired goal from therapy. The Occupational therapist will then administer the intervention to the patient. Finally, the therapist must report all of the findings and the current interventions being provided to the rehabilitation team. Reporting promotes clarity among the members of the team. 

 Since it is frequent  in the field of rehabilitation science to have an overlapping role between the rehabilitation team members, role clarity is significant in ensuring a functional and efficient team. Reporting the interventions being provided to the client, to the team provides transparency on what interventions are already being given to the patient. This prevents one member of the team from providing interventions that are already being addressed by the other members. If two members of the team try to provide the same intervention or address the same problem, the patient would just be paying for an extra therapy session that is not needed. It would also be less efficient considering that the time used to treat what is already being addressed, could be used to address the other problems of the patient. 

 

a.      What was your role?

b.      What actions did you make? 

c.      Is there any specific sub-competency applicable to the situation?

d.      What was the outcome?

 
d. What was the outcome?

b. As one of the captains in the team, I have to always check if they attended their classes and also our training sessions. It was tiring to the point that one time I had a heated discussion with one of my teammates because of an attendance issue, but nonetheless it was resolved immediately. 

c. Specific sub-competency applicable to the situation is to embrace cultural diversity and individual differences. As I said, most of my teammates are from the provinces and they grew up in a different culture and environment. Hence, their outlook on academic and sports responsibilities might be far from those who know were thought properly that both are important as a student-athlete. So, as Co-Captain, I should be prepared to accept the responsibility and work with them to achieve our team goal, which is to win the UAAP title, without compromising our academic responsibilities. I should also open an opportunity for them to learn and give space for them to grow as they adapt to the new system they are in. 

d. At that time, I had some teammates who discontinued their study in UST because they FA remarks in their subjects. It’s not that they can’t comply to the rules and regulations, they’re just not interested in studying and complying to their school requirements, which is not excusable. When you are a student-athlete, you have to accomplish your responsibilities as a student and as an athlete. Nonetheless, we were able to break a lot of records that year and we were able to land in 2^nd place (overall ranking in boys division). 

2. What actions did you make? 

3. Is there any specific sub-competency applicable to the situation?

4. What was the outcome?

Use the What? So what? Now what? reflection model by Rolfe et al (2001).

During the dissemination of the task, I was sick, so I wasn’t able to attend the meeting our meeting. I informed one of my groupmates about this and it’s nice because my groupmates are understanding, and everything went well during the process. The designation of the tasks was easy and also the brainstorming was productive because everyone in our group is always participating. In the end they were able to create a topic for our campaign. 

Eventually, our group achieved a successful outcome, but to improve the outcome, we perhaps needed more creativity when it comes to creating a video campaign such as using different kinds of animation and pop out effects to make the visuals livelier. Although it was hard to make an output like that due to time constraints and overload of school requirements but I would suggest this in the future when we have more time. 

During my time in USTSHS, our class was divided into groups, and were tasked to create short films for a film festival/competition. For this, I was the main actor for the film. We assigned members of the team to the roles that we know they would excel in. In time, our script was done, and it was time to start filming. The venue for the filming was set in Bulacan, in one of the members abandoned house. Halfway through filming some members of the group suddenly stated that they don’t think that the script was adequate.

b.        What actions did you make? 

Considering that we were already in Bulacan which is an inconvenience for the most of us, my first thoughts were to just continue filming. My group held a meeting and discussed what course of action to take. I suggested to my group that we need to immediately determine whether we would scrap script and write a new one or just alter it. After hearing everyone’s thoughts we voted and decided to write a new script on which me and the script writer worked on for a few days.

c.         Is there any specific sub-competency applicable to the situation?

For this situation, I think respect for each other’s roles, responsibilities and skills would’ve made our task easier. Some members voiced out opinions without any real basis and just through subjective preferences and this resulted to more work for the members involved in script writing. Considering that the tasks and roles of the members were divided beforehand, I think trust on everyone’s skills and competencies would’ve benefited our group.

d.        What was the outcome?

As a result of that, our group failed to be included on the next round due to time constraints. Despite being able to finish the script immediately, its quality was compromised. Furthermore, the filming was rushed, and the overall output was disorganized and lacking in quality.

1.      Why should we reflect on practice? What skills are needed to reflect on practice? 

It is crucial that we reflect on practice because it will lead us towards improvement. Skills are not just formed through repetitive actions but also through the awareness of one’s mistakes. Through reflecting, we may be able to see what we lack and identify points for improvement. This allows us to avoid past mistakes and be better in what we do. In the context of being future healthcare professionals, reflecting on our practice is not only crucial but it’s also our responsibility. We must be competent in providing treatment as some mistakes would endanger or cause negative effects to our future clients. Yet, we are bound to make mistakes in the future as that would be inevitable and in the event that we do, we must reflect on them. Specially in interprofessional collaboration where we interact with other professionals in our work. This will make use of our experiences in working with ourselves, the client, and with other people. In practicing self-reflection, we open ourselves to criticisms of our colleagues and superiors which will enable us to improve in our field. Reflecting would allow us not just to be better professionals but also better individuals.

2.      What’s your favorite model of reflective practice? How can you apply this model in your future practice?

My preferred model of reflective practice would Kolb’s Learning Cycle. This is because it focuses on the experiences that we encounter and analyzes how those experiences differ from our understanding. Which would be beneficial, as we would encounter different people with different cases in our practice. This allows us to conceptualize new ideas based on the encountered experiences and will free our minds in thinking and forming solutions and applying them to our practice.

 

a.      What was your role?

b.      What actions did you make? 

c.      Is there any specific sub-competency applicable to the situation?

d.      What was the outcome?

Reflect on the importance of communication and teamwork in your own IPE group after completing PLA3. 

How did the team communicate? What went well and how can it be improved? Use of What? So what? Now What? Reflection model by Rolfe et al (2001).

Describe a time when you have been part of a team in which differences of opinions developed about how the work was assigned or completed. 

 

a. What was your role?

b. What actions did you make? 

c. Is there any specific sub-competency applicable to the situation?

d. What was the outcome?

1. Why should we reflect on practice? What skills are needed to reflect on practice? 

2. What’s your favorite model of reflective practice? How can you apply this model in your future practice?

The significance of reflecting in our practice lies in its possible effect on the future outcomes of our therapeutic sessions towards patients and clients. As healthcare professionals, it is our primary duty to ensure that we are able to provide care for our patients or clients to the highest of standards and as minimal mistakes as possible since it can certainly be detrimental towards their recovery or prevention of a more debilitating condition. With this in mind, it is our obligation to be aware of our strengths and weaknesses in practice so that we can be able to make the necessary changes or adjustments as early as possible so that no patient or client assigned to us will ever have to suffer more than what their current conditions affects their life just because we failed to take the necessary steps to evaluating our daily performance in providing interventions and examining them. Moreover, reflecting in practice allows us to grow as a person and a more dependable healthcare professional since it will make us question ourselves on whether or not we are really helping them, what is it that I lack skills and what can I do to help address more impairments so that I can help others regain their functional self and not settle for what their condition makes them to be. 

Reflective practice may appear quite simple  but it actually requires some skills to ensure that it will be done appropriately to ensure that it will serve its purpose for us healthcare professionals that will be utilising it from time to time. According to Atkins, S., & Murphy, K. (1993), the skills needed to reflective practice include self awareness, description, critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation. All of these are equally important since they will be able to examine the significant components of our practice from which we can identify our strengths as well as weaknesses from where we can try to create possible adjustments and changes that can make us more competent in practice.  Self-awareness will help us to understand better ourself apart from just simply our role as a healthcare professional. Moreover, it can aid us to know our purpose which led us to choosing this field of work and from there, we can look back on our accomplishments, difficulties and failures of which helped us to become the person we are at present. This will inspire to want to challenge ourself again through working to improve in our field and more through further study and research so that we can provide care for more individuals that feel hopeless from their condition because they are not as knowledgeable as we are on how they can address the impairments that they currently possess. After self awareness comes description, critical analysis and synthesis as well as evaluation where we will now work on assessing the needed improvements necessary after identifying what it is that we can and cannot do, therefore, we can focus on these and have a direction towards our goal of becoming better. Aside from those enumerated by Atkins & Murphy, they also provided others such as honesty, trust, time commitment, motivation, and practice which are all as important as what were previously mentioned since they can be significant to consider as we undergo reflective practice.

2. What’s your favorite model of reflective practice? How can you apply this model in your future practice? 

All of the models of reflective practice discussed in the lectures where all insightful and unique from one another in terms of their approach, but, the one that I was most interested in was “Kolb’s Learning Cyle”. The reason behind this is how he correlated learning with experience rather than just focusing on identifying the problem. As it is known in the field of healthcare, it is common that we learn by experience since in order for us to be able to apply what we have learned in lectures and discussions, we need to put it into practice whether it be in return demonstrations or practical examinations in order for us to understand concepts better and more importantly, the lives of many depend on it. With this in mind, the model of Kolby is already applicable in my situation right now wherein I am still in school in learning by experience so that I when I am already in practice in a rehabilitation centre or hospital, I am more capable of handling any type of situation that comes. Also, I was interested on the aspects that comprised his model such as the concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualisation, active experimentation and repeat. From this process of Kolb’s model, it basically tells us that in order for us to learn, we need to be able to experience it through application and trying it out and from there we can be able to know whether or not it can lead us to achieve the objectives we have set for our patients and clients. The model also provides as an opportunity to try out things in order for us to experience success or failure; both of which can make us better for future situations we are to face. Ultimately, the failures or achievements we experience will equip as with the knowledge needed to become the best healthcare professional that is confident in helping our patients or clients unfold their better self.

References:
Atkins, S., & Murphy, K. (1993). Reflection: A review of the literature. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 18, 1188-1192.
Grant, A. McKimm, J. & Murphy, F. (2017). Developing reflective practice: a guide for medical students, doctors, and teachers. (1st ed.). USA: Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Slusser, M., Garcia, L., Reed, C., & McGinnis, P. (2019). Foundations of interprofessional collaborative practice in health care. (1st ed.). St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier Inc.

 

a.      What was your role?

b.      What actions did you make? 

c.      Is there any specific sub-competency applicable to the situation?

d.      What was the outcome?

2. What’s your favorite model of reflective practice? How can you apply this model in your future practice? 

The team communicated initially through a video call via zoom. It was through this meeting where the team discussed the contents of the output. Afterwards, the roles were also decided, such as scriptwriters, PowerPoint (PPT) makers, video editors, and voice overs. The roles were chosen by each member, rather than assigning the roles randomly to the members. Choosing our roles made sure that we will be able to do parts in which we could maximize our skills, thus ensuring a more quality output. Finally, a deadline was determined for each role. 

Follow up of parts and checking of the video was done through messenger or chat. Since I was the video editor, the PPT team and voice over team would update me through chat as soon as their parts are done. This makes work more efficient, since I was notified when all parts were done, I could start editing as soon as possible. I could have improved the video by adding animations or by making a more complex video. But due to time constraints I avoided these options and went with something easier to do for the amount of time that we have.

Use the What? So what? Now what? reflection model by Rolfe et al (2001). 

This module required us to submit a video output which would demand a greater amount of teamwork and communication to accomplish as opposed to the standard written outputs. However, we were able to accomplish the task through the active participation of the entire team. We initially held a conference to discuss the project, delegation of responsibility, and internal deadlines. We made progress rather swiftly which allowed us to work on our respective parts in our own time and prevented any communication breakdown to occur. The rest of the team was also free to make suggestions to any of the other parts which were helpful in generating the finest outcome. For me, this approach was very effective and practical because we were able to perform our other obligations in other courses. Now, since we were able to establish the efficacy of this type of approach in project making, we may use it in succeeding assignments. 

a.      What was your role?

b.      What actions did you make? 

c.      Is there any specific sub-competency applicable to the situation?

d.      What was the outcome? 

 
What’s your favorite model of reflective practice? How can you apply this model in your future practice? 

 

a.      What was your role?

b.      What actions did you make? 

c.      Is there any specific sub-competency applicable to the situation?

d.      What was the outcome?

 

I was the video editor for our department’s entry for a competition. My role was direct to the point, it was to turn whatever was written on the script into visuals. But I encountered a lot of problems that could have been solved with proper communication, such as establishing a single video file for all the people involved to avoid converting many files which could take up a lot of time. But what I found the most difficult was the constant changes in the script, these changes will the delay the actors from filming their parts, thus delaying the editing which in turn decreases the amount of time that I could edit. There was a point where the entire script changed, and I ended up working with another set of people. Although the original script writers were not involved in the new script anymore, they would keep on suggesting ideas that were difficult to fit in the script and difficult to edit. 

 

For this situation I think work in cooperation is a sub-competency that could be applied. We tried our best to work with the first set of script writers, but their suggestions were difficult to implement in the new script. We tried to explain why we cannot accept their suggestions, but they would become rude to us. We ended up accepting some of the ideas that they suggested to satisfy them and prevent them from bothering us any further. The final output ended up with questionable parts that did not really fit in with the video. Due to time constraints that resulted from the constant changes to the script, the video was not polished in terms of editing to meet the deadline of the event. The video ended up last in the competition and I was just happy that it was over. 

2.    What’s your favorite model of reflective practice? How can you apply this model in your future practice?

Reflecting on our practice allows us to understand better our work. Only through understanding what had transpired during practice can we be able to improve ourselves. In order to reflect we need to first be self-aware. If we refuse to see the errors in our practice, we will not be able to identify the problems that hinders us from improving. We should have the ability to accurately remember what had transpired during the session in order for us to analyze what had gone wrong, what had gone right, and in which parts could be improved in the future. Finally, we should be able to come up with ideas on how we could correct our mistakes and improve our practice. 

My favorite reflection model is the one made by Rolfe et al (2001). It follows a what? so what? now what? structure. This model became my favorite, since it was something that was introduced to us by our professor during my first year in OT. Every time we were required to create a written output, this professor would always ask us to follow this model. It became something that I had become accustomed to. I can apply this model in the future by constantly applying it every after session. I would ask myself what have happened in the session, this will allow me to recollect and analyze everything that had transpired. Then I will ask myself so what? to question myself of what I had just experienced. It will make me ask myself if I had given my patients that best possible interventions that I could give. Finally, I will ask myself now what? What else can I do in the future to improve my practice. Since every person is unique, I must reflect differently on each one of my clients. I cannot just reflect on one intervention that I had given to one of my clients and assume that I could administer it to others. 

 

 

Reference:

Rolfe, G., Freshwater, D. and Jasper, M. (2001). Critical reflection in nursing and the helping professions: a user’s guide. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

 

In the making of the PLA3, we used Zoom as the method of our communication, we first discuss the topic given to us and once the topic we have has been finalized someone then shares a link of google docs on where we can input our thought and ideas as a group. After we had input all our thoughts, we edit out which parts are necessary and which parts are not. After finalizing the content, we then decide on what method do we use to showcase our ideas and we vote on the ideas we gave out after that we segregated them into script making, voiceovers, ppt editor, and video editor to make it more efficiently. We also set an internal deadline per part so that the person doing the next parts have ample time to edit and that we would also have time to check the final output and it would not be too rush. For me what we did was very efficient because it make us communicate and interact together to share our thought and ideas as a group and we were able to plot everything well.

a.       What was your role?

 

Every case report and case presentation is a battle but there was this particular time two weeks ago which really challenged me because of the different opinions in our group of what would be the most appropriate intervention scenario would be. I was actually tasked on that part of our report and was able to already identify the primary and secondary intervention scenarios but when we were finalizing the report, some opposed it. When I asked their rationale about it, they just based it according to other groups’ answer which I don’t think is not a good idea since we all have different clinical reasoning.

 

b.       What actions did you make?

 

I stood up with the rationale I came up with by thoroughly stating the clinical reasoning behind it, but our group were divided about what intervention scenario should be used. So, what we did was to vote so that everyone in the group would have a say about it. Although I feel strongly about the clinical reasoning I came up with, I still respected the process.

 

c.       Is there any specific sub-competency applicable to the situation?

 

The sub-competencies applicable for this situation are respect for the roles and responsibilities of the members, develop a trusting relationship with others and working in cooperation with others. Respecting the roles and responsibilities, and develop a trusting relationship are closely related because we should trust the ‘expertise’ of each member of the team especially if they really studied about it. Working in cooperation is very vital in cases like this because the group would need to arrive on one outcome and be on the same page.

 

d.       What was the outcome?

 

After voting on what should be our intervention scenario, the rationale of the different intervention scenario was favored over mine. I honestly felt sad about it, but I respected the decision of the team and adjusted to what the group voted on. During the case discussion, the facilitator said that our initial intervention scenario was actually the correct answer and the clinical reasoning I used was right. The other members of the recognized that we have to trust each other more and that we shouldn’t be swayed by other groups’ clinical reasoning.

2. What’s your favorite model of reflective practice? How can you apply this model in your future practice? 

The model that I liked the most is Gibb’s Reflective Cycle because it’s much more detailed compared to other models. This model will help in thoroughly discussing the practice and would push you into thinking or into reflective practice. This would be a helpful guide into my future practice because it would help me recognize and assess the situation well that would help me in adjusting my actions or the interventions that I'm providing.

a.      What was your role?

b.      What actions did you make? 

c.      Is there any specific sub-competency applicable to the situation?

d.      What was the outcome?

 

In our senior high school, I was part of a team where we were making props and background designs for a specific event, and I was one of the co-leaders for the props-making team.  It was an activity for our final exam. We were having complications with making the jail design and background of the stage as it was a big-scale event, and the materials we had were not enough. The design we did a first was a bit too small, so we had to revise the design itself and make the designs bigger; we were a bit stressed out because the event would be happening in two days, and we had to revise many components to make it appropriate for the stage. Moreover, as one of the co-leaders, it was our job to make sure of the designs and other props properly, and we failed, so as one of the co-leaders, I took on the heavy job and was pressured to finish it one time and to do well. Some of my members saw that I was overloaded on top of other school works. They offered to help, but I said I would do it myself, and they told me to share the job because it was not my fault, and we should help one another finish it faster. Communication is the key, and trust in your groupmates because only having communication makes you understand one another and make complicated things much more manageable. Talking to one another eases the burden of one. We had a fantastic event; the props were made on time, and it was superb and exquisite, and we were that. Despite the obstacles and problems we ran into, the event was successful, and we were happy because it showcased our talents and skills.

We should reflect on practice because we could not always guarantee a 100% service or performance towards our clients, and as professionals, we are bound to the law to give the best service we can to our clients. Moreover, there would be times that we fail, so we need to reflect on our practice to know which parts we did were insufficient or lacking to improve and give our best performance to benefit the patient better. I think the skill needed to reflect on practice is self-awareness and discipline because we can sometimes get too confident without thinking about the situation or getting too rash. It is not good; after all, we as professionals should keep a level head, be calm, look at things logically, and be disciplined because we are to keep ourselves in line so as not to go over boundaries.

 

2. What’s your favorite model of reflective practice? How can you apply this model in your future practice?
For me, I think my favorite model of reflective practice is Kolb: Learning From Experience because it is all about learning from your experience and applying what you have learned and reflected the patient and continue improving and honing the skills to improve and have better skills.