Diagnostic Radiography

Reflection is an important and powerful strategy for the use of development in professional skills; as it enables the link between the practice and theoretical aspect of learning to help moving from a beginner to a skilled practitioner. Reflection should enhance self-awareness, identifying personal strengths and weakness as well as help in the improvement.

From the first term of my Diagnostic Radiography degree at Glasgow Caledonian University, I attended clinical placement for a total of 32 days until write this essay to gain experience and practice my imaging techniques that I learned in various imaging departments. The placement module provided me with a learning experience in a radiology department and helped to broaden my clinical skills in a variety of clinical environments. These 32 days was diverse between 3 different hospitals also in different imaging departments general x-ray, CT scan, ultra sound and MRI. I kept a reflective diary from the first day of my placement to help me record my feelings and thoughts on the examinations I was asked to perform, the varying patients I examined, the outcomes of these examinations and any problems or achievements I felt important in my time there. The most significant reflection, however, was in respect to my clinical staged assessments. I will be using this diary as a means to help me reflect on my experiences on this placement and on how I have developed both professionally and personally.

what is the reflective? {{21 Johns,Christopher 2005;}} state that “reflection is an active process that will enable me and other health care professionals to gain a deeper understanding of any experience with patients.

Why the reflective is important for radiographer student? Reflective learning is an important feature of many radiography courses. Writing tasks are used both to promote and monitor student reflective learning {{20 Hamilton,John 2010;}}

Before I start writing my reflective I found that there are several models have been developed to guide the process of reflection.. But I choose Johns Model of Reflection: This model has 5 stopping points which are:

• Description of the experience: describe the experience and what were the significant factors?

• Refection: what was I trying to achieve and what are the consequences?

• Influencing factors: what things like internal/external/knowledge affected my decision making?

• Could I have dealt with it better: what other choices did I have and what were those consequences?

• Learning: what will change because of this experience and how did I feel about the experience / how has this experience changed my ways of knowing

I feel this cycle allows analysis to make sense of the experience, it takes into account a sequence of feelings and emotions which play a part in a particular event and leads you to a conclusion where you can reflect upon the experience and what steps you would take if the situation happened again. I am asked to describe one staged assessments that I completed and my recollection of thoughts and feelings before, during and after the process.