Reflective practice in medicine and multi-professional healthcare

"This unique book presents in a single collection around 50 essays by Dr John Launer on reflective practice in medicine, including examples specific to medical education and multi-professional healthcare. Based on existing contributions to the literature by Dr Launer, the book brings them together in updated and structured form for the first time with an introduction linking the different topics addressed. Coverage includes communication skills, supervision, teamwork and organizational health. In a time of unprecedented demand on healthcare services, educators and practitioners, Dr Launer offers invaluable guidance to a broad audience including community-based GPs, practice nurses and nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physician assistants and paramedics, secondary care staff including consultants and registrars across all specialties, communications skills educators, counsellors and mental health professionals, and health service managers and administrators"--

Part 1: Learning to communicate1. Conversations inviting change2. The three second consultation3. The big picture4. Family matters5. Three kinds of reflection6. What⁰́₉s the point of reflective writing?7. Digging holes and weaving tapestries: two approaches to the clinical encounter 8. Why you should talk to yourself: internal dialogue and reflective practicePart 2. Concepts and theories1. Thinking in three dimensions2. Making meaning3. Who owns truth?4. Double binds and strange loops5. The science of compassion6. Guidelines and mindlines7. Complexity made simplePart 3. Supervision1. Super Vision2. What does good supervision look like?3. Supervision quartets4. Collaborative learning groups5. Clinical case discussion using a reflecting team6. The irresistible rise of interprofessional supervision7. Supervision as therapyPart 4. Emotions and attitudes1. On kindness2. Power and powerlessness3. The many faces of professionalism4. Unconscious incompetence5. Clinical gist6. Rudeness and respect in medicine7. Hunting for medical errors: asking ⁰́₈What have we got wrong today?⁰́₉8. Whatever happened to silencePart 5. Techniques and teamwork1. Good questions2. Meetings with teams3. Giving fee…