BU3102/CP3102 Reflective Journal: Professional Development Project

This document presents a reflective journal detailing a student's experience in a multidisciplinary project, focusing on professional development. It covers the meaning of professional practice through self-reflection, emphasizing the importance of continuous evaluation of personal and professional ...Read More

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Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction: 2
Discussion: 2
An overview of the meaning of professional practice: 2
A report and teamwork component of the project: 3
Overall reflection of how professional identity has developed: 5
Conclusion: 6

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Introduction:
Reflection is a key element of learning experience which helps to shape the personality
and professional development of individuals. The self-reflection or self-reflective practice is not
only about the negative experience, but it is also a tool which provides the direction of evaluating
thought process, knowledge and belief and strength of the individuals. Consequently, this
structured method of evolution boost self-esteem and self-confidence, empower individuals. This
paper will provide a discussion regarding experience while working in the project in following
paragraph.
Discussion:
An overview of the meaning of professional practice:
Reflection defined as an analytic practice which provides writers with the opportunity to
describe and emulate the experienced writer has experienced before. While the reflective
practice is effective in the clinical setting to evaluate the practice and personal skills of health
professionals, the reflective practice is also an effective practice in any professional field,
especially in business in order to improve the practice through continuous evaluation of personal
and professional skills. Reflection is more commonly used in the form of an informal tool in any
setting. In the context of self-reflection, I would like to state that this reflective process helped
me to gain the understanding of my professional practice. Hence, it is an effective practice for
self-evaluations. While working with the multidisciplinary team, I have experienced incidents

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such as management of time, communication with the team members and build customer trust.
While I joined the multidisciplinary team I was unaware of these skills mentioned above. Before
joining the team and working in the project with the team members, I was unaware of my
effective communication skills, time management skills, how to build customer trust. Moreover,
considering the type of practice I am involved in, I have gained an in-depth understanding of
innovative strategies to work with the team and how to engage the customer in order to achieve
high satisfaction. This exceptionally useful practical knowledge will help me to improve my
practice in the future. After involving in reflective practice, I gained knowledge that I have these
skills which are highly effective for business. During the first session of the project, I gained
the knowledge of writing a CV and how to arrange a CV properly. I also learned that I have the
ability to reflect the experience I have learned. Considering the negative experience, I have
learned that I have a weakness which will further affect my future projects and business of the
customer. Hence, as discussed before reflection is effective in the professional setting. It
encouraged me to improve my self-awareness regarding professional practice and facilitated my
project. This reflection process, I will use as a developmental tool to re-scrutinize my skills I
have identified before and I will involve myself in training and workshops to improve my skills
and weakness in order to facilitate project as well as innovative strategies for customer
engagement.
A report and teamwork component of the project:
Teamwork is defined as a collaborative effort of the team in order to achieve a common
goal or complete a project in the most suitable and effective way. The concept of teamwork is
considered as a framework of success, especially in the business field since in order to promote

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the collaborative practice, independent individuals who work together towards a common goal.
Taking an insight into the situation, I would like to state that while involving in the
multidisciplinary project, I have encountered with both positive and negative experience which
will help me to improve my future practice. In this current context, it can be said that this
multidisciplinary project course is a comprehensive course which is quite different from other
business categories. Considering the experience I have encountered, in the project every time I
and my team members have experienced different difficulties. The first incidence was the
absence of team members during the project. In the team we had different team members, few
were absent during crucial times of the multidisciplinary projects. We have experienced that few
of the team members were not answering the phone or messages regarding projects. Others
team members were failed to attend the project during the project session. They usually come
late for conducting project. The work inefficiency is another crucial factor which affected the
quality of the project and as a team; we had to experience an array of negative incidents which
deeply affected us. Some of the team members contributed inefficient works; they used to chat
throughout the day instead of focusing on the project. Other team members had repeated the
same work which further delayed the projected. Furthermore, considering the experience of last
week, the team leader of the team was not present. She was disappeared in from the class and did
not come to class. While communicating with her, she provided us with various reasons for not
attending schools which were not quite valid. It affected the progression of the project and we
had to do a complete project alone without a team member. We felt anxious and helpless
regarding the progression of the project and how can complete it effectively. However, finally,
we have completed the final presentation of the project together. While we have, mostly
experience this negative incident, there are members of other disciplines who had excellent

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working capacities and efficiency which further helped me to learn from these experiences.
Although it is a negative experience, this experience deeply influenced my practice. The
experience provided me an opportunity to learn from the experiences regarding team working. I
have learned that team working or collaborative practice is an effective framework for a project
to be successful. However, in order to work in a team collaboratively, every member of the
team is required to contribute equally to a common goal. Every team member is required to
have interpersonal skills and collaborative skills. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the team
leader to promote collaborative practice and supervise every section of the project in order to
ensure that the progression of the project is going well. Hence, this experience will further
facilitate my professional development.
Overall reflection of how professional identity has developed:
Professional identity is defined as one’s professional self-concept. This concept is based
on the attitude, beliefs, and values of the individuals. The values and attitude are constructed
from the experience one gained throughout the life and in environment and surrounding they are
living. Through this professional identity, one gains the opportunity to express and define
themselves in the professional field. Hence, professional identity assists individuals to improve
their practice and gain success in the professional field. In the current context, it can be said that
professional identity is a crucial component of successful business management since it provides
the opportunity to gain the satisfaction of the client. While completing my skills in the audit I
have identified a few strengths which will further help to deal with customer and enhance my
practice. I have identified that I have excellent time management skills which will help me to
minimize the chances of error and complete the project or task within a short period of time. On
the other, I have identified that I have excellent skills in communication. In order to engage the

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client and gain high client satisfaction, it is crucial for a professional to have effective
communication skills which will provide client comfort and boost communication. Moreover,
effective communication in the business filed helps to build trust between client and providers; it
is a vital component of a successful business. Hence, these skills helped me to develop my
professional identity and these skills will further facilitate customer satisfaction. I have identified
that I have poor skill of paying attention and listen to customer care. Active listening is a
fundamental part of therapeutic communication which enhances the business. Hence, these two
weaknesses will further affect my practice. In order to improve my skills, I would require to
involve myself to gain training and workshops to improve active listening skills, paying attention
skills. I would require to follow the instructions and supervision of my supervisor in order to
improve my practice. It would help to overcome my weakness and facilitate strength. After
involving myself in the skills of clinical audit, I have gained the understanding that
multidisciplinary project course is a comprehensive course which is quite different from other
business categories. This course provides the opportunity to deal with real business and
customer. Furthermore, this practice helps individuals to develop a professional identity which is
crucial for my future practice as business professionals. During the initial session, of course, I
was unaware of how to write a CV and what to write in the education section. This project
course helped me to gain the idea of proper CV arrangement method. This project provided me
the opportunity of self-reflection. Hence, I will be to use this knowledge to improve my skills
and business practice.
Conclusion:
Thus, it can be concluded that reflection defined as an analytic practice which provides
writers with the opportunity to describe and emulate the experienced writer has experienced.

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This paper explored experience I have encountered during multidisciplinary project. While
working with the multidisciplinary team, I have experienced incidents such as management of
time, communication with the team members and build customer trust. However, while I have a
few strengths crucial for business, I have identified that I have a few weaknesses which will
affect my future practice. To improve those skills I will would require to involve myself in
training process.

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