Assessment -
Personal reflection of own value and attitudes to cultural safety in the provision of health care for aboriginal and Torres strait islander peoples and communities.
Aim of Assessment - The purpose of this reflection paper is to enable students to demonstrate personal insights of transformative learning experiences in the development of cultural competence and cultural safety, specifically related to aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. It aims to demonstrate to students preparation for transition into effective nursing and midwifery practice.
Details - Using the Gibbs (1998) reflection cycle, write a critical reflection of at least one (1) highly significant learning experience that occurred during this unit with implications for your professional nursing/ midwifery practice. Analyse how your critical understanding of a specific topic, for example the concept of racism, land, history or the stolen generations, have developed from the highlighted learning experience/ incident which occurred this semester in 401206. In particular, explain how this new knowledge has contributed to your understanding of cultural safety in relation to aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Reflect on changed perspectives you have noticed in yourself, and comment on how this shift may facilitate your actions of respect, cultural competence, communication, collaboration or decision-making.
TIP: The chosen insights should relate specifically to cultural safety for nursing and midwifery practice.
Use the Gibbs reflective cycle (1988) heading to structure your reflection. The headings below will assist you.
Description - what happened?
Feelings - what were you thinking and feeling?
Evaluation - what was good and bad about the experience? Why?
Analysis - what have you learned from this experience? How?
Conclusion - what gap in your knowledge/ skills/ attitude have you identified?
Action plan - what action/s will you take to improve in future?
The personal reflection should NOT focus on the technical processes of the group (for example, how many the group met/didn't meet, whether group members made contact/didn't make contact) rather reflect on your own deep learning experiences.
Directions: Using the Gibbs (1988) Reflective Cycle completes the completes as follows;
- Describe in some detail the highlighted learning experience/incident
- Explain how this learning experience made you feel and why it made you feel this way.
- Evaluate the positive and negative aspects of this learning experience
- Analyse how and why the knowledge you developed impacts on your cultural safety.
- Conclude what else you could have done to enhance this learning experience.
- Action plan, what would you do differently to inform your future practice when caring for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples and communities? identify what new knowledge you require now support this action plan.
Ensure you have included a reference list to support this assignment.
World count: 1000 words.