Reflection in Public Health Practice
Topic outline
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What is reflection?
Reflection is a process we go through when we step back and critically think about experiences, decisions and actions and the wider system we work in. As healthcare workers, we are increasingly being encouraged to reflect on our practice more to learn from it and improve our future practice.
In public health it is more than just remembering what happened with individual patient care, public health reflections often deal with complex systems, communities and policies as well.
In this course, we will:
- Learn using case studies
- Use clear tools and frameworks for reflection
- Support you building a regular reflection habit
- Consider how you might apply your learning to ethical decisions and leadership
How to get the most from the course:
- Take notes as you go.
- Capture key points and questions.
- Add actions to your Personal Development Plan (PDP).
- Discuss and review your PDP with your mentor.
Certificate of Completion
Linked to demonstration of WHO Essential Public Health Competencies when completed as part of a Peoples Praxis learning pathway.
- Complete the end-of-course quiz.
- Score over 70%.
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We hope that you wrote the two exercises as well as you could have. Unlike most certificates which require some sort of 'test' and assessment, we do not feel such an approach is relevant to a subject like reflection. You can be your own examiner here and decide whether you have done enough and if you have then congratulations and go ahead and download the certificate by clicking on the link below.