Inter-professional education is a vital step in improving the overall quality of healthcare by providing students from different professional backgrounds with the skills and knowledge needed to work collaboratively in a clinical practice. Furthermore, the world health organization believe that “multi-professional learning leads to better inter-professional working” as “students appreciate the importance of personalities and interpersonal skills” (WHO, 2013). Barriers to inter-professional practice, such as lack of communication, can lead to deaths as seen in the case of the maternity unit of a Cumbrian hospital, which resulted in the deaths of 11 babies and a mother. Failure in saving lives due to incongruence, power relations, time limitations and lack of teamwork highlights the need for inter-professional practice. In this essay, I will explore the art of communication, goals and role performance and reflect on how these factors affected our group presentation for the FIPP module this semester.
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This will allow me to be a better team player and work in a more composed manner when interacting with patients. Clearer goals and better time management would also help with reducing the stress. Having no prior experience or knowledge into the different professions I worked with, I often judged them due to stereotypes associated with their professions. Through working in collaboration with other professions, I have now learnt not to make hasty generalizations (Fischer, 1970). In the future, I will also recognize the benefits of active listening. It has taught me what the “speaker’s body language and tone are conveying, are both vital aspects of face-to-face communication” (Shouse, 2008). Overall, I now feel that I have a better insight into the importance and need of inter-professional practice in a clinical
Reflection is a more …show more content…
This will allow me to be a better team player and work in a more composed manner when interacting with patients. Clearer goals and better time management would also help with reducing the stress. Having no prior experience or knowledge into the different professions I worked with, I often judged them due to stereotypes associated with their professions. Through working in collaboration with other professions, I have now learnt not to make hasty generalizations (Fischer, 1970). In the future, I will also recognize the benefits of active listening. It has taught me what the “speaker’s body language and tone are conveying, are both vital aspects of face-to-face communication” (Shouse, 2008). Overall, I now feel that I have a better insight into the importance and need of inter-professional practice in a clinical