<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_fon-2019-0003_s_006_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c17b1Aa"><h3>Objective</h3><p>Reflection is viewed as the most significant skill and should be advocated for lifelong learning. In order to grasp the process of reflection and embrace the reflective skill, one of the authors of this paper reflects on a practice-based issue in relation to the communication between doctors and nurses, to gain new understanding and thus improve the authors’ clinical practice.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2019-0003_s_007_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c17b2Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>Smyth’s framework with four stages is utilized as an ideal framework to guide the author’s reflection on the practice-based issue to free the author from her entrenched assumptions and the oppressive forces that limit her practice.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2019-0003_s_008_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c17b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>The espoused and enacted theory, together with the critical reflection theory, are used to explore the values and beliefs that essentially govern the author’s practice and how these are distinct from the author’s worldviews. Following this, critical emancipatory reflection is undertaken to explore the dominant power structures within the author’s workplace. Furthermore, given the hegemonic and chaotic working context of this issue, hegemony and symbolic interaction theory are applied to unearth the various hidden constraining and oppressive forces. Additionally, socialization theory is utilized to help the author achieve professional identity.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2019-0003_s_009_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c17b4Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Reconstructing the practice-based issue empowers the author to realize that in the future, she should act as a reflective practitioner, creating a daily habit, staying alert to practice, seeing things freshly, finding support systems, improving communication skills, conducting reflective research, and reifying reflective practice. Ultimately, the author will be sufficiently equipped to be able to transform her practice and change its outcomes.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveReflection is viewed as the most significant skill and should be advocated for lifelong learning. In order to grasp the process of reflection and embrace the reflective skill, one of the authors of this paper reflects on a practice-based issue in relation to the communication between doctors and nurses, to gain new understanding and thus improve the authors’ clinical practice.MethodsSmyth’s framework with four stages is utilized as an ideal framework to guide the author’s reflection on the practice-based issue to free the author from her entrenched assumptions and the oppressive forces that limit her practice.ResultsThe espoused and enacted theory, together with the critical reflection theory, are used to explore the values and beliefs that essentially govern the author’s practice and how these are distinct from the author’s worldviews. Following this, critical emancipatory reflection is undertaken to explore the dominant power structures within the author’s workplace. Furthermore, given the hegemonic and chaotic working context of this issue, hegemony and symbolic interaction theory are applied to unearth the various hidden constraining and oppressive forces. Additionally, socialization theory is utilized to help the author achieve professional identity.ConclusionsReconstructing the practice-based issue empowers the author to realize that in the future, she should act as a reflective practitioner, creating a daily habit, staying alert to practice, seeing things freshly, finding support systems, improving communication skills, conducting reflective research, and reifying reflective practice. Ultimately, the author will be sufficiently equipped to be able to transform her practice and change its outcomes.

Critical emancipatory reflection on a practice-based issue in relation to the working relationship between doctors and nurses in China

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveReflection is viewed as the most significant skill and should be advocated for lifelong learning. In order to grasp the process of reflection and...

Critical emancipatory reflection on a practice-based issue in relation to the working relationship between doctors and nurses in China

Article Category: Discussion

Published Online: May 20, 2019

Page range: 5 - 11

Received: Oct 21, 2018

Accepted: Dec 22, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2019-0003

Keywords
reflective skill, critical emancipatory reflection, Smyth’s framework, hegemony, socialization theory, transformative practice

© 2019 Dong-Lan Ling and Hong-Jing Yu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Critical emancipatory reflection on a practice-based issue in relation to the working relationship between doctors and nurses in China

Article Category: Discussion

Published Online: May 20, 2019

Page range: 5 - 11

Received: Oct 21, 2018

Accepted: Dec 22, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2019-0003

Keywordsreflective skill, critical emancipatory reflection, Smyth’s framework, hegemony, socialization theory, transformative practice

© 2019 Dong-Lan Ling and Hong-Jing Yu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
reflective skill, critical emancipatory reflection, Smyth’s framework, hegemony, socialization theory, transformative practice