Public Health
Public Health
Reflective Assignment
The following assignment will analyse and reflect on a communication situation which I observed during my practice .To be able to reflect upon this situation I will use Gibbs(1988) reflective model that will allow me to analyse the communication process between health visitor and client .It will also identify importance of reflective practice and will draw out conclusion for my new leadership role as health visitor .Epstein and Hundert(2002) stated reflective practice as being a benefit for practitioner while using communication ,knowledge ,reasoning , emotions and values in the care provided to improve the service for clients and communities. In addition Duffy(2007) considers that reflective practice is an active process that uses critique to analyse the practice ,where the practitioner is challenged to self-enquire the practice experience to improve professionally .This reflective assignment of practice is not just my ability to analyse the case scenario ,give sense to the events and draw a conclusion ,but an opportunity to predict what the practitioner need to improve for future professional development (Epstein and Hundert,2002).
Communication
Communication it is a key aspect in day to day practice as a health visitor , purposely helps identifying the client needs and enable the practitioner to build in a short period of time relations .Healthy Child Programme (2009) highlighted the importance of different health professionals identifying health visitors for instance as one of the first point of contact for families during pregnancy and the first five years of a child life. Furthermore HCP (2009) identifies the importance of health visitors as trained and experienced health professionals that are working using a variety of skills including communication. This is in order to provide a universal reach service for parents and children with support and if necessary to access other services available when needed.
Reflective Assignment
The following assignment will analyse and reflect on a communication situation which I observed during my practice .To be able to reflect upon this situation I will use Gibbs(1988) reflective model that will allow me to analyse the communication process between health visitor and client .It will also identify importance of reflective practice and will draw out conclusion for my new leadership role as health visitor .Epstein and Hundert(2002) stated reflective practice as being a benefit for practitioner while using communication ,knowledge ,reasoning , emotions and values in the care provided to improve the service for clients and communities. In addition Duffy(2007) considers that reflective practice is an active process that uses critique to analyse the practice ,where the practitioner is challenged to self-enquire the practice experience to improve professionally .This reflective assignment of practice is not just my ability to analyse the case scenario ,give sense to the events and draw a conclusion ,but an opportunity to predict what the practitioner need to improve for future professional development (Epstein and Hundert,2002).
Communication
Communication it is a key aspect in day to day practice as a health visitor , purposely helps identifying the client needs and enable the practitioner to build in a short period of time relations .Healthy Child Programme (2009) highlighted the importance of different health professionals identifying health visitors for instance as one of the first point of contact for families during pregnancy and the first five years of a child life. Furthermore HCP (2009) identifies the importance of health visitors as trained and experienced health professionals that are working using a variety of skills including communication. This is in order to provide a universal reach service for parents and children with support and if necessary to access other services available when needed.
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