Enhancing Patient Care: Reflections and Development Needs
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0Running head: NUCLEAR MEDICINENuclear MedicineName of the student:Name of the university:Authors note:
1Running head: NUCLEAR MEDICINEIntroduction Clinical placement plays a significant role in career progression in the life of a student. Itinvolves students to apply academic knowledge and technical skills and understand theimportance of empathy in real situations (Porter, Morphet, Missen& Raymond, 2013).Clinical placement allows students to improve knowledge and enhance self-confidence in thework field. Student practice can also be improved through reflection on our skills set andactions during the training process (Paget, 2008).It is applied by reflecting on the studentspractice during clinical placement by a structured written journal using Gibbs model ofreflection. It will allow students to reflect on their actions for clinical practice in future. Thisreflective journal evaluates my experience of first clinical practice, my roles andresponsibilities in the nuclear medicine department. It also demonstrates my strengths, andcrucial learning during the clinical placement that improved my knowledge by using Gibbsmodel of reflection. It also explains my experience as a student and will prepare myself forthe clinical practice in future(Boud, 2001).(Boud, 2001) – This reference is to back up a statement about the use of journals andimproves student’s reflective practice in clinical training My role in the teamDuring my first day of clinical placement I was quite anxious. My clinical educator calledme up and explained my roles and responsibilities during my first clinical practice in thework field of nuclear medicine of. My role predominantly consisted of observing supervisingpractitioners and seek guidance from them from them. I gained knowledge about the waythey deal with their patients, kind of interaction they have, the method of procedure,observation of all aspects such as technical skills and analytical skills. I also learnt to respect
2Running head: NUCLEAR MEDICINEand be patient enough while dealing with patients. As my first day consisted of just observingand asking questions I realised that I must focus on gaining practical knowledge whichwould help me in my career of clinical practice. I began to interact with patients byidentifying their referral cases and also analysed the requirements of the patients. I alsolearnt about their medical history by interacting with them after taking an approval fromsupervising technologist. Furthermore, as my clinical practice progressed towards the end ofit, I was given permission to identify a patient, attain all the necessary information requiredfor the scan, explain the imaging procedure to the patient and set up the camera and patientposition for the scan. Since, it was my first clinical placement my role was quite limited toobserve the supervising technologists and have a proper interaction with patients .My rolethroughout the clinical placement did not vary much till the end. I also counselled andprovided proper support and guidance to manage the disease of a few patients. The patientswere educated in an effective manner to take proper rest and precautionary measures toimprove their health condition. Essentially, this placement introduced to me the hospitalenvironment of nuclear medicine which will be helpful in the growth of my career.During my first placement I was first introduced to the nuclear medicine team bymy clinical educator. She explained the roles and the responsibilities of each key teammember. I was also introduced to how a patient’s procedure embarks in the nuclear medicinedepartment. My role in the team predominantly consisted of how much I wanted to getinvolved as I was supervised by a senior .I was able to participate in several activities such asinteracting with patients, processing images, discussing imaging results with specialistphysician and making observations. My role in the team kept on varying throughout myplacement. During the first week I mainly observed my seniors how they performed theirduties such as bringing the patient into the imaging room, acquiring information, positioningthe patient and consulting the physician. I was given several opportunities to get accustomed
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