Personal & Professional Development - A1 Reflective Report

Personal &
Professional
Development - A1
Reflective Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Relationship with yourself......................................................................................................1
Relationship with others.........................................................................................................2
Skills for effective communication........................................................................................3
CV...........................................................................................................................................4
Six Category Intervention Analysis........................................................................................5
Smart Development Plan........................................................................................................6
Kolb’s Model of Reflection....................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Professional and personal development is totally interconnected with the professional and
personal and employees development. The skills and the various approaches of the development
are considered to be the important factors which helps in deeper understanding about the learning
in context to self management. The present report basically involves the time management and
smart goals, emotional intelligence, various skills related to effective communication, how to
manage conflict, a detailed cv and much more. In addition to that it comprises of the professional
development and planning and 6 category intervention analysis.
MAIN BODY
Relationship with yourself
During my entire module, i developed a really effective and strong relationship with myself and
also it really helped me in emotional intelligence and self awareness. During the entire module, i
realised that emotional intelligence played a very important role for me delivering better services
and also achieving my objectives in a timely manner. With the help of effective self management
and emotional intelligence it really helped me in carrying out my tasks in a effective manner and
also working upon the relationship with my patients. It also helped me a lot in increasing my
empathy towards the people i was working with. During the entire module, i got to learn so much
about myself and how i have developed my personality and how i am becoming a better person
each and every day (Albrecht, Moscardo and Dwyer, 2022).
Time Management: In context to health and social care, poor time management could lead to
various issues and problems. With the help of effective time management, it could result in
increasing the productivity and also helping in delivering better patient care to the patients.
Smart Goals or Objectives
In context to health and social care, there are various key areas which need to have setting up of
smart goals which includes the following:
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Safety: In context to the profession, it is very important to ensure the safety of the employees and
ensuring that each patient receives the right treatment in a timely manner.
Patient Care : In context to taking care of patients, it is very important to keep the records in
relation to the details of the patients.
Efficiency: In reference to such tasks, it is really important to have a weekly timetable and
completing the tasks according to that for the purpose to improve the time management skills and
delegating the tasks.
Relationship with others
During my entire module, it really helped in improving my learning and using it for the purpose
to improve my relationship with others( O’Leary and Sheedy, 2021). During the week 4 i build a
very strong relationship with other individuals while working on power point presentation. In
order to improve my effectiveness with the other individuals, i used a variety of skills such as :
Communication Skills: In context to social and health care, the communication skills plays a
very important role in establishing professional relationships and is considered to be the most
crucial component in order to build relationship with other individuals. In reference to the
communication, it basically comprises of a sender, receiver, message and a communication
channel. In context to communication, there are various theories which are used for the purpose
to establish relationship with other individuals and able to communicate in a effective and
efficient manner possible (Mitin, Mitina and Shchelina, 2021).
Team Working skills: Another skill which played a very important role in improving my
relationship with others is team working skills. With the help of working with team members and
establishing effective communication and listening the team members carefully helps in
improving relationship with other members.
Critical Thinking Skills: In context to establishing relationship with others, critical thinking plays
a very important role and also helps in carrying out better decisions. In order to have cordial
relations with others, it is very important to think critically in various situations.
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