Team Meeting Reflection

For these past two meetings, we as a team perform conferences that practice us to the real-world setting. During these weeks, I have noticed weaknesses of myself and the other members of the team. Our experiences show how an incomplete knowledge of one’s profession and role in the team can affect the flow of the conferences and the decision as a group. Through these, it contributes to better understanding of our mistakes and gives a perception of how to improve our ways that will meet the standards for the real-world setting. In the first meeting, I feel very anxious about what will happen during INT D 410. As a very shy student, I try to insert more effort to participate in the group but the lack of confidence hinders me from doing so. I

This time we are conducting a family conference for Sarah P and I am assigned to be the process analyst. Although I feel that we did fine interviewing the family, the other teammates point out that we just proceed on asking how they feel and don’t plan on any actions needed to accomplish. When we observe the other group, I see a lot of difference on their way of assessing things. They are very organized and gives information through their scope of practice. I feel this part is what my team has a weakness during that week. We are unable to incorporate our professions during the conference. As a nurse, I could give her instructions of monitoring her blood sugar. I think the second week gives our group an eye opener of having communications with the representation of our professions. For me, I will acquire more knowledge about roles of nursing and prepare earlier so that I can have a better background of the problem. I can do it by reviewing my past lectures and to research about the future cases given to us. It reflects also how I should be in the future in the clinical setting. I should be prepared so that the flow of each conference will run smoothly and the decisions about the health care plan will be done