My overarching learning goal for this semester was to enhance my knowledge and understanding about interdisciplinary communication strategies as well as incorporating the learned knowledge into my clinical practice by November 24, 2014. I have divided this goal into two sub-goals focusing on verbal and non-verbal communication. Each sub-goal consists of four activities that were defined to enhance my learning process and to assist me in achieving the learning goal. This paper will discuss and reflect my learning process as well as evaluate the outcomes produced by each activity outlined under the sub-goals. My first sub-goal was to gain knowledge and expertise in the area of effective verbal communication skills that can be used within the
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I completed this activity by reading the article to gain a better understanding of the significance of effective communication within interdisciplinary teams. After reading the article I highlighted the main points from the literature and completed a summary of the article. This has helped me to identify the key facts within the article and I found that by taking notes and completing a summary, I was able to better comprehend and absorb the information presented by the article. One literature discussed the fact that note taking involves the individual not only need to comprehend and write down information but as well as involving the need to acquire and filter the incoming sources, organize and restructure existing knowledge structures and most importantly, must store and integrate the newly processed knowledge (Makany, Kemp & Dror, 2009). This activity has contributed to help me to reach my goal because it enhanced my knowledge base in regards to the importance of interdisciplinary communication and has prompted my …show more content…
I completed this by gathering all the main points from each article and summarizing the information on one page. This summary page included instructions for the use of SBAR tool, an evaluation of effectiveness of a verbal report, stating different levels of assertiveness and 5-step advocacy directions. I have this sheet with me for every shift at placement and I used it to prepare myself before verbal reports such as writing down in SBAR format what I wanted to say for end of shift reports etc… I felt that having this summary sheet, helped me to ease my anxiety about verbally reporting to other health care professionals as I feel more prepared and ready to report. This activity supports my commitment to continuing competency because it has successfully helped me to incorporate the effective communication strategies learned from the literature into my practice so I can improve my skills and enhance patient care and outcomes. I also found that with the increase in verbal repots I gave, there was a decrease in my nervousness/anxiety level. Williams (2010) described work-based learning and its relevance to clinical practice and stated that “work-based learning arises from the work itself, merges theory with practice and knowledge with experience and is centered around conscious reflection on actual work experiences”
I completed this activity by reading the article to gain a better understanding of the significance of effective communication within interdisciplinary teams. After reading the article I highlighted the main points from the literature and completed a summary of the article. This has helped me to identify the key facts within the article and I found that by taking notes and completing a summary, I was able to better comprehend and absorb the information presented by the article. One literature discussed the fact that note taking involves the individual not only need to comprehend and write down information but as well as involving the need to acquire and filter the incoming sources, organize and restructure existing knowledge structures and most importantly, must store and integrate the newly processed knowledge (Makany, Kemp & Dror, 2009). This activity has contributed to help me to reach my goal because it enhanced my knowledge base in regards to the importance of interdisciplinary communication and has prompted my …show more content…
I completed this by gathering all the main points from each article and summarizing the information on one page. This summary page included instructions for the use of SBAR tool, an evaluation of effectiveness of a verbal report, stating different levels of assertiveness and 5-step advocacy directions. I have this sheet with me for every shift at placement and I used it to prepare myself before verbal reports such as writing down in SBAR format what I wanted to say for end of shift reports etc… I felt that having this summary sheet, helped me to ease my anxiety about verbally reporting to other health care professionals as I feel more prepared and ready to report. This activity supports my commitment to continuing competency because it has successfully helped me to incorporate the effective communication strategies learned from the literature into my practice so I can improve my skills and enhance patient care and outcomes. I also found that with the increase in verbal repots I gave, there was a decrease in my nervousness/anxiety level. Williams (2010) described work-based learning and its relevance to clinical practice and stated that “work-based learning arises from the work itself, merges theory with practice and knowledge with experience and is centered around conscious reflection on actual work experiences”