Practicum Reflection Paper

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Field Journal 5 Breyanna Hiebert University of British Columbia After having some time off to reflect in December, I am coming into the practicum this year with a sense of energy and renewal. I have just reached 209 hours and am over half of the way to completing my placement. Looking forward, I am preparing myself for next week’s mid-term evaluation and being ready to discuss the positive and negative aspects of practicum. In preparation for this meeting, I have documented my achieved goals, listed in in my IPT evaluation form. Moreover, completing the documentation made me realize how much I have actually accomplished in my practicum, which will be easy to discuss during the evaluation. Conversely, I saw that some of my goals were not yet fulfilled and I was slightly concerned about the timeline and coordination involved in getting the pieces together to achieve them by the end of term two. In preparation to discuss this during the evaluation, I brought some of my concerns to my supervisors and discussed how we could better meet my goals. My supervisors are very approachable and made the experience …show more content…

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