This blog is a reflection on this part of the course, the blogging aspect. I had varying views about the effectiveness of the blogging and how much help this would be to my knowledge base and clinical skills. At various points in the year the blogging became very tedious and coming up with a relevent topic seemed hard. Im sure some people thought that writting new posts and reflecting on our own issues was relevant, but i didnt think so. What i did find very useful was reflecting on other peoples issues and thus forcing myself to question my own responses to that scenario and how i would handle it. There were a couple of occasions throughout the latter part of the year where new scenarios i found myself in became somewhat familiar as i had heard someone comment on their response. This provided me with the oppertunity to make the right decision faster and more effectively as i already had a bank of knowledge built up from reading and thinking about the posts.
As part of the PD in my new job, they do employ some of the same tactics each week where we present an issue and then each discuss a way or technique to deal with it. It may have taken me 8 months to see the worth in all this blogging, but i think it was worthwhile!
1 comment:
I agree with you at first this was just something you forgot about until last minute monday afternoon. however it's a good place to show you its not just you who finds certain things go wrong or finds particular things difficult. its also a great place to get out what you feel on any particular placement both good and bad.
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