Practice-based professional learning

SC5 Demonstrated commitment and capacity to actively contribute to a broad range of school activities and a capacity to reflect on, evaluate and improve professional knowledge and practice. My commitment and contribution to school activities began in my own schooling. As a student at school I was always looking for new programs and extra school activities to get involved with. In my final year alone I became a School Prefect, a House Co-Captain and a Platoon CUO. Whilst maintaining a high…

inserting an intravenous catheter after contaminating the site, and administering multiple oral medications, at once, through a PEG tube. By not demonstrating competency, the nurse is putting the patient’s safety at risk. Understanding evidence-based practice, and keeping current on new techniques can help facilitate the nurse to minimize harm to the patient. “The faculty of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Institute and a National Advisory Board worked together to define…

planned and delivered daily religion lessons centered on the suitable unit of work from the Religious Education Archdiocese of Perth. This enabled the students to properly understand, explore and support the Christian message that is imbedded into all learning areas as part of the Catholic Church’s mission in Catholic Education. As a graduate teacher with a Religious Accreditation to teach in Catholic schools, I strive to further my involvement in…

increase my professional knowledgebase. Throughout my journey at Montevista Hospital, I had the privilege of learning an immense amount of information about clinical social work from several senior licensed clinical social workers. I have been extremely hands-on in my efforts to add to my professional knowledgebase daily, by facilitating psychoeducational groups with adults, adolescents and pediatrics, attending weekly treatment team meetings and conducting supervised assessments as well as…

that go a long way to prepare them to be better and well skilled professionals. Together with the classes taken and actives they are engaged in, they acquire critical thinking skills, who are fast and efficient. In our most recent clinical rotations however, perhaps because of time constraints and availability of sites, different groups have received very…

"Reflective practice is a way of studying your own experiences to improve the way you work. It is very useful for health professionals who want to carry on learning throughout their lives." (Bright Knowledge, 2003, para.1). Reflective practice is consciously reflecting on your day or an event, and using these thoughts to improve different areas of your life. Reflecting can improve areas in your life by: noting what you did, if it was or was not successful, and what you can do to improve. This…

What are the key challenges facing educational leaders in relation to Information and Communication Technologies? The key challenges facing educational leaders are contextually based, but there will be common themes that appear across the educational landscape. The context in which I work is that of a low socio-economic status comprehensive secondary school of approximately 950 students and 80 teachers in the Lake Macquarie area. The challenges that are identified and analysed may be specific to…

instead. Clinical practice guidelines can help standardize treatment plans and assist healthcare professionals when making educated clinical choices (Jun, Kovner, & Stimpfel, 2016). This essay will discuss guidelines, updating practices, nurses being educated on guidelines and forming a question surround guidelines Clinical guidelines must have the best evidence available, helping the health professional but not replacing clinical judgment, skills or knowledge of the professional (Pooler,…

Professional values are practical standards which create a framework for evaluation of attitudes and the ideas influence behavior in professional clinicians. Important to professionalism is the attainment of professional values and the living out of these values. Professionalization is also a category related to culture, some of its properties are mentioned to be retained jurisdiction, autonomous, cooperative, membership in professional organizations and professional development, social…

Social work practice with communities and organizations (SWCO) is a core component in social work, yet SWCO often receives less curricular attention than other social work competencies (Mendes, 2009). Addressing this issue, the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) identifies specific core community and organizational practice competencies which guide the development of appropriate learning outcomes. Competency-based education (CBE) “is…