Critical Reflection Assignment

Running head: CRITICAL REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT
CRITICAL REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author note

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This reflective paper would discuss my feelings as well as the experience of my first four
weeks learning in unit, specifically the module 2, which discusses the history and policies
affecting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander’s health. I would be using Gibb’s reflective
cycle to discuss my experiences.
Description of event
Issues identified
The module 2 of my learning included a topic in which a topic was discussed by my
lecturer that caught my attention. It mentioned about bringing them home report of 1997. This
report mentioned that while bringing the aboriginal people who were displaced, the people were
not allowed speaking their language, and they were neglected physically, emotionally (Luker,
2017).
Feelings
Feeling (before the session)
Prior to I gone through this module, I was assured that the history and policy for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were able to bring them back in the mainstream societies
however persisting socioeconomic differences are the reason, due to which the gap is still

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present. Hence, I believed that due to the choices they made about their life, health education this
gap exists in their life.
Feelings (after the session)
However, during the discussion about the history and policies for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islanders, I came to know that due to social stigma, discrimination, difference in their
education, life expectancy and other socio-economic factors, these people were unable to take
advantages of the policies and strategies that have been developed by the government. This made
me emotional as I was able to feel that they have been suffering from so many complications and
still, they are positive and hopeful about life, hence my perspective about Aboriginal and Torres
Strait islanders changed after this session.
Critical evaluation of feelings
Positives and negatives of the issues
This feeling was good for my changed perspective as well as for my future career which
is supposed to connect me to more of such community and as a professional, I should be aware
of their culture, their grieves, and their inhibitions so that I could provide them with cultural
competence and effective care. This experience of learning a different perspective in my sessions
made me mindful and opens to every opinion and removed my stagnant thinking about the
community and the reason for their gaps.