Reflective practice course for Dental Practitioners
This session describes the principles and techniques of reflective practice, and how to incorporate them into everyday primary or secondary care clinical practice.
Learning objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- describe the key principles behind reflection and experiential learning
- discuss how these principles can be incorporated into Continuing Professional Development (CPD), learning situations and clinical practice
- identify situations where this approach to learning could be applied
- list the drivers required to proceed the cyclical process of experiential learning
- evaluate where improvements in practice and learning have occurred
This is the crux of modern reflective practice as we strive to be patient centred, evidence based and clinically effective all at the same time!
Before commencing this session you should:
- be familiar with professional development portfolios and reflective diaries
Mike Mulcahy qualified at Leeds in 1973. He is immediate past Dean of the FGDP(UK).
He lectures throughout the UK on various subjects including communication skills and is the author of the communication section of Pathways in Practice.
At present, he is Course Director of the MSc in Primary Dental Care at the University of Kent, and Course Director of the Diploma in Restorative Dentistry and the Aesthetic Masterclasses at the FGDP (UK). He also practices part time in his own general dental practice.
Mike is also part of the Module Editorial Team at e-Den, and is co-Module Editor for Module 1 Patient Assessment, and Module 12 Management and Leadership.
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