Gibb’s Cycle: Reflection on Occupational Therapy Assessment

Running head: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
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1OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
Gibb’s cycle:
Description:
Under the guidance of my mentor, I was supposed to fill the initial assessment form of a 70-year-
old patient named Sandra Jones who was suffering from arthritis and had faced a recent fall that
resulted in severe bruising. It was my first practical session and I was quite nervous before
conducting the assessment. I started filling up the form without any informal introduction and
discussion that startles the patient. Moreover, the patient was stating a lot of information and I
was finding it difficult to write the information according to the pace of talking with the patient.
Moreover, I also wrote many unimportant things that made the entire form a mess that later
created problem. Moreover, I also checked that some of the sections were blank and this resulted
in incomplete form fill up.
Feelings:
In the beginning of the interview, I was quite nervous as it was my first interview but my mentor
encouraged and motivated me and this helped in creating confidence in me. However, during the
time when i was conducting the interview, I was not being able to keep the tract of the patient as
she was quite fast, this started developing a feeling of tension within me, and I felt panicky. I
tried to control my nervousness but as I saw that I have already missed many information, I grew
more tensed and did not dare to ask the patient again with the fear of demotivating her or making
her feel humiliated. I could not say anything in fear and after the interview was over, I saw that
not only many sections were missed but i also jotted many irrelevant points. All these made me
upset and I failed in my first attempt and this let my confidence down.