Reflection on Academic Skills: Healthcare Application and Development

This report is a reflection on academic skills, focusing on their importance in healthcare and personal development. It begins with an introduction to academic skills and their relevance, followed by an analysis of the challenges faced by the author in areas such as problem-solving, teamwork, and communication. The report then highlights the academic skills the author has learned, including a positive attitude, stress management, and work ethics, and discusses their application in social and healthcare settings. Furthermore, it outlines strategies for enhancing skills to facilitate career development, such as improving problem-solving abilities and communication. The conclusion emphasizes the significance of these skills for success and growth in health and social care, and the report is supported by relevant references.

Reflection on Academic
skills

Table of Content.
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Challenges that faced in academic skills.....................................................................................1
Learned academic skills...............................................................................................................1
Application of academic skills into social and healthcare...........................................................1
Ways of enhancing skills for career development.......................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills are the methods that are applied to learning and these are the key
elements that are used for the personal development of individuals. Some academic skills are
used in healthcare such as communication skills, teamwork, time management and a positive
attitude. This report includes the challenges, application of skills in healthcare and the
importance of these skills (Asonitou and Kottara, 2019).
MAIN BODY
Challenges faced in academic skills
I have systematically observed and analyzed myself and realized that there are some
academic skills in which I am not so good. I am weak at problem-solving skills and face trouble
identifying the knowledge required to solve the problem. I have a lake of confidence or
experience in how to solve problems at a particular period. I have faced some problems
identifying the multiple solutions and important points of the problems. I am not feeling
comfortable in teamwork because I have trust issues with co-workers. I have faced problems
communicating with others and it is the main problem for not working in a team. I cannot easily
understand people's thoughts and ideas.
Learned academic skills
Academic skills play an important role in personal and professional development. These
are the basic skills that I have a positive attitude, stress management, flexibility, time
management and self-confidence. I also have work ethics that provides value base hard work to
me. It developed professionalism, punctuality, attitude and positive behavior in me (Rao, 2018).
Application of academic skills to social and healthcare
I can use that various skills helps to me build a career in social and healthcare. I
developed my communication skills which are needed to speak with patients and their families in
addition to routinely communicating with co-workers. I will also enhance time management and
confidence. These help a patient face and develop an ability to solve patient problems.
Ways of enhancing skills for career development
There are some actions that will be taken by me for enhancing my problem-solving skills.
This action includes should identify and understanding the right problem and then researching
the system and I have to practice the problems. I have to identify multiple solutions to the
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problem which are associated with the patient's problem. I have to communicate with each team
member, co-worker and with a patient. I should focus on my strengths and weakness which help
me to be a good communicator and a good team leader (Shannon, Scerif and Raver, 2021).
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion I have concludes that academic skills are the basic and vital
skills that are necessary for personality development. I must improve my problem-solving skills,
teamwork and commutation skills. These are the ability that helps me achieve success and
growth in health and social care.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Asonitou, S. and Kottara, C., 2019. Sustainable development of skills for the tourism sector and
its financial impact. In Strategic Innovative Marketing and Tourism (pp. 1121-1129).
Springer, Cham.
Rao, M.S., 2018. Soft skills: toward a sanctimonious discipline. On the Horizon.
Shannon, K.A., Scerif, G. and Raver, C.C., 2021. Using a multidimensional model of attention to
predict low‐income preschoolers’ early academic skills across time. Developmental
science, 24(2), p.e13025.
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