Developing Professional Judgement in Health Care
Learning through the critical appreciation of practice
Edited by- Colin Coles, BSc MA PhD, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Winchester, UK
- Della Fish, PhD, MA, MEd, BA(Hons), Dip Ed, Consultant in Educational and Professional Development, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Education, Exeter University
Every day health care professionals have to make judgements which can affect patients' lives and for which they are accountable. This crucially important ability is rarely taught formally but is merely 'picked up' throughout a professional's career. This book show how practitioners can draw on their own experience of practice to improve the quality of their judgements.
List of contributors:
Dr Clive Andrewes
Institute of Health and Community Studies
Bournemouth House
Christchurch Road
BOURNEMOUTH
Dorset BH1 3LG
Ms Judith Chapman
Lecturer in Phisiotherapy
School of Occupational Therapy and Phisiotherapy
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton SO17 1BJ
Ms Christine Gallagher
Lecture in Occupational Therapy
School of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton SO17 1BJ
Dr Richard Hillier
Consultant Physician and Medical Director
Countess Mountbatten House
West End
Southampton SO3 3JB
Mrs Sheila Reading
Lecturer in nursing
School of Nursing and midwifery
Southampton University
Mrs Rosemary Richardson
Lecturer
School of Nursing and Midwifery
South Academic Block, Level B
Southampton University
Paperback, 256 Pages
Published: December 1997
Imprint: Butterworth Heinemann
ISBN: 978-0-7506-3123-5
Contents
- PART 1:Towards a Re-vision of Professional Practice; Professionalism eroded: professionals under siege; Uncertainty in a certain world: professionals in health care; Seeing anew: understanding professional practice as artistry; Understanding artistry: educational research, practical enquiry and case study; PART 2: Exploring Professional Judgement; Taken for granted; Dealing with extremes: a personal dilemma; Good practice: lessons in working together; Supporting students in undergraduate research: anxieties, ambiguities and agendas; Agonising about assessment; Responding to being touched; PART 3: Responding to Practice as Artistry; From reflection to critical appreciation: learning to respond to the artistry of practice; A critical appreciation: attending to the voices of practitioners; The centrality of professional judgement in understanding professional practice; PART 4: Developing Professional Judgement; Giving professionalism back to professionals; Insider practitioner research: a way ahead.
