Clinical Encounter

According to Pakman (2000) critical incident analysis is defined as   'individual episodes in which there has been a significant occurrence (either beneficial or deleterious) which are analysed in a systematic and detailed way to ascertain what can be learned about the overall quality of care and to indicate changes that might lead to future improvements'.In the following critical incident that I encountered in a clinical placement I utilize the Gibbs Reflective Model. Gibbs reflective models is fairly straightforward and encourages a clear description of the situation, analysis of feelings, evaluation of the experience, analysis to make sense of the experience, conclusion where other options are considered and reflection upon experience to examine what you would do if the situation arose again (Gibbs 1998). Unlike many other models (with the exception of Boud) Gibbs model takes in to account the realm of feelings and emotions, which played a part in a particular event. My rationale for using the reflection framework to the clinical encounter is to try and demonstrate my ability to link theory to practice during the process of reflection. I also choose the Gibbs model to help me structure this paper. Pseudonym will be used to protect as stated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) 2002). The keywords will be defined. The reflection of clinical encounters is crucial to the provision of safe, high quality healthcare services to patients REF. Nevertheless, multidisciplinary medical professionals’ fail in their duty to deliver care and allow bad practice to go unchallenged by constantly not reflecting they tend to fail to improve care. It is essential to analyse the incident and make decisions about how future similar incidents should be dealt with. Reflection, in this instance, is defined as a way of analysing past incidents to promote learning and improve safety, in the delivery of health care in practice REF. With this in mind this essay will critically discuss...