Assessment 4: Critical
Reflection Essay
• Getting started
• Understanding reflection
• Part A – developing a concept map
• Part B – Essay task
• Referencing
• Submission
• FAQs
• Still having difficulties
• Feedback
Critical Reflection Essay
This is guide only to assist students
There is flexibility surrounding this – the concept map is to assist
students in collating their thought process before undergoing the
critically reflective process
Start to think about what has resonated with you in this course –
is there something that stood out; is there something that you did
not quite understand or agree with and would like to explore this
further; were there discussions in class or with family and/or
peers that stood out
Getting started
• CULTURAL SELF – A crucial part of being culturally safe, is
being able to define our own culture
• REFLECTION is looking back on an experience or a
situation with the intention of drawing insight that may
inform future practice in positive ways
• CRITICAL REFLECTION is a guided process to aid analysis
and increase the potential for transforming practice to
achieve positive outcomes
Critical reflection steps include questioning, defining,
reflection, analysis & learning
• SELF-REFLEXIVITY is having an ongoing conversation with
your whole self about what you are experiencing as you
are experiencing it to improve relationships at the time
Understanding Reflection
• Critically reflecting on an experience, situation or
performance allows for deeper learning, insight and
conscious decision marking to improve and transform
professional practice (Walker, Schultz & Sonn, 2014)
• It allows for the opportunity to look at topic from a number
of perspectives including those that have contributed and
shaped our own worldview thus our understanding of the
topic
• It creates a platform or space where we can then
interrogate and challenge our own assumptions and that of
others and draw on literature in order to examine any pre
conceived assumptions or underlying biases or prejudice’s
Why are you asked to critically reflect
• Prejudice
• Bias
• Assumptions
• Stereotype
• Ethnocentric
• Preference for what we understand or are familiar with
influences perceptions, assumptions and attitudes (Bass,
2016)
Why ask what is our cultural self or worldview of
this topic?
Create a detailed concept map that identifies the key concepts of
one subject that has resonated with you in the First Peoples Health
and Practice course (3121MED).
To assist you, you should ask yourself:
• What has resonated with me the most in this course? (subject)
• When I think of this, what things come to mind?(concepts)
• How did this make me feel and how did I react when I heard
this?
• Why did I feel or react this way?
• What influences have shaped my understanding or worldview of
this?
• Has my professional culture influenced or impacted on my
understanding or perception of this? If so, how? If not, why
not?
Part A – Concept map
Developing a concept map
Impact of history &
colonisation Racism
Loss of
connection
to Country
Dispossession
Western
Education
Stolen
generation
Shock
Didn’t know
Didn’t get
taught
Wasn’t seen as
value
Acknowledge
Accountable
Key concepts
Subject
Questioning
Legend
What are some of the impacts or effects of this?
On you? On First Peoples? On healthcare?
Are there any
assumptions in here?
Example of a dominant
cultural paradigm
• What shaped my worldview or understanding
• Where did this come from
• Who said
• What impact has this had on me and First People
• What have others said
• Where did that come from
• What has influenced that
• And what impact has that had
• Why was that the case
• Who said that
• How does that make me feel and why
Critical thinking for your concept map
Start with your subject in the middle –
move to your concepts – feelings –
critical questioning
Demonstrate deep critical questioning
unpacking all of your concepts
• Consider asking yourself why this is or why was I reluctant to
engage in the content?
• Consider asking why is it important in my profession to have
cultural safety?
• Consider what do I know about First Peoples and where did
this come from?
• Consider asking does my understanding, perception or view
of First People actually influence how I practice healthcare?
• Consider asking why do young First People experience the
affects of what they have not had to endure?
• What are causes of the gap in life expectancy that we see
today?
• Please also arrange a consultation with your Campus
Convenor well before the due date to you can be supported
in completing the task
Then put the answer to this question in the middle of your
concept map and start from there.
What if nothing in the course has
stood out or resonated with me?
• Submit at the beginning of your essay.
• The concept map is worth 5 marks
• It will help plan your critical reflection essay so we strongly
encourage you to do this first to plan your essay
• Words are not included in the overall word count
• You can take photo and insert at the beginning of your essay
• You can develop it electronically
• As long as the marker can read it and clearly see your
questioning
• Ensure that you are submitted this as ONE document with your
essay via Turn It In
• References are not needed
• You will be marked on the depth of questioning not your
viewpoints
Submitting your concept map
From your concept map, what do you want to know more about?
What is intergenerational trauma and how does this manifest in the
healthcare system?
Does White Privilege exist and/or do we see it in the Australian healthcare
system?
Is the Australian Healthcare system racist?
Why was I never taught about this content until now and what impacts has
this then had?
Where do the stereotypes of First People come from and what are the
causes and effects of these?
Why is it that I just can’t treat everyone the same?
Why do I only hear of First Peoples through a deficit discourse and what
impact does this have on health?
How does history keep impacting on First Peoples health?
How does loss of culture and identity affect healthcare?
What does it mean to practice holistically in the First Peoples context?
Part B – 2000 words
Critical Reflection Essay – scope a section
from your concept map to unpack further
Critical Reflective Essay
| 1 | Define | Define and discuss the subject and its key concepts and then choose one concept to reflect on. Ensure you let the reader know clearly what it is you are seeking to understand further. |
| 2 | Reflection | Reflect on how your own culture, which includes your life experiences and worldview, as well as your professional culture, how have these influenced your understanding of the concept and how has this shaped your perceptions of and interactions with First People |
| 3 | Analysing | Analyse the perspectives of others including the dominant cultural paradigm to explore the underlying causes and effects. |
| 4 | Learning | Discuss what you have learnt from this critical reflective process and how this learning influences your perceptions of, and interactions with, Australia’s First Peoples in the health care setting. |
| 5 | Transformation | Discuss how your future practice may be transformed as part of this process. |
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• Clearly identify what it is from your concept map that you would
like to explore further
• Why you chose this
• Provide a brief definition of your main concepts from your
concept map with the support of reputable literature
• Weighting is 10 out of 100 marks
• Word count approx. 300 – 350 words
• This section can act as your introduction to your essay
Define
From questioning (insert
your middle subject), (insert
3 – 5 surrounding concepts)
came to mind.
Then provide definitions
your subject and all of your
key concepts supported by
literature.
For the purpose of this essay
I have chosen to focus on
________ because _________.
Define – example
Racism
Loss of
connection
to Country
Dispossession
Western
Education
| Stolen generation |
| Impact of history & colonisation |
Start with your subject in the middle –
move to your concepts – feelings –
critical questioning
| • Reflection on your own culture – what is your understanding of the concept, assumptions, where have these come from, what has shaped these views or understanding; how and why. • Reflect on your professional culture and how this influences your understanding of the concept. What is your professional culture and what does this profession say about your concept. Use scholarly literature; • How has this influenced your perceptions of and interactions with First People. • Weighting 20 out of 100 marks • Word count approx. 400 – 500 |
Reflection
Prior to studying First
Peoples Health and
Practice my
understanding of ……
was……This was shaped
by ……(what, how and
why)
This influenced my
perception of First People
as ……
My (insert the health
program you are
studying) states that …….
My understanding of this
is ……
Therefore as a future ……it
is important for me to
understand further …….
Reflection – example
Practices
& Habits
Work
Friends
Hobbies
Family
Objects and
possessions
Choices
Appearance
Cultural
self
languages
Science
Technology
Literature,
art, stories,
music, myths
Beliefs,
values,
customs
Politics,
Laws, Lore,
rules
Knowledge
Traditions,
philosophies
Power
Look from varying perspectives to explore your above reflection.
What does the literature say about your personal and professional
reflections
o Non-indigenous perspectives & First People perspectives
o Policy
o Government reports
o Peer reviewed literature
o What have others said & why did they say this, what shaped this
o What happened as a result of this
• Ensure that you are exploring the underlying issues, causes,
effects, impacts using exemplary evidence of scholarly literature;
• Include your critical questioning if this makes it easier. For
example, this made me then question….
• Weighting 20 out of 100 marks
• Word count approx. 450 – 500 words
Analysis
Dominant = having power and influence
Cultural = ideas, customs, social behaviour
Paradigm = well accepted process, set of patterns, model
May include
Western Medicine
Western Education
Nursing
Western healthcare
Queensland Health
Griffith University
Media
Dominant cultural paradigm
(dominate view in Australia)
• Discuss what and how you have learnt from this critical
reflective process and how this learning influences your
perceptions of, and interactions with, Australia’s First
Peoples in the health care setting
• It will help to identify how your own viewpoints may have
altered
• Weighting 20 out of 100 marks
• Word Count approx. 300 – 350
Learning
• Discuss how your future practice may be transformed
• Discuss how you may apply what you have learnt to your
professional practice.
• Provide explicit examples of what you will implement into practice
as a result of what you have learnt
• Weighting 15 out of 100 marks
• Word count approx. 250 – 350 words
Transform
• Peer reviewed articles no more than 5 years old
• Ask yourself, is this the latest literature on this topic?
• At times you can stretch to 10 years
• Other times, ie ABS data we would expect the most recent
• Seminal documents ie Bringing them Home Report 1997;
NAHS 1989; Little Children are sacred; Deaths in Custody;
Unpacking the invisible knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
• Databases – Informit, PubMed, CINAHL, MedLine
• Indigenous Health InfoNet
• APA 7th formatting
Referencing
The final submission point will open
automatically once the electronic cover sheet is
completed.
• Title page
• Concept map
• Critical reflective essay with references
• ALL AS ONE WORD DOCUMENT
• Submit via turn it in by due date
Submission
• Introduction and conclusion not needed
• Write in first person
• Not marking the content, marking the process taken and depth in
which this is done
• Referencing is still required in reflective writing
• Sub headings are accepted – Define, Reflect, Analyse, Learn, Transform
• In text references are included in the word count, the reference list at
the end is not (use APA 7th formatting)
• Use appropriately terminology located in the “Start Here” tab
• Avoid “othering” – refer to communication content
• Start with Part A and then work through each section in order – this
will avoid your essay becoming disjointed and allow each section to
build on each other
• THIS TASK TAKES MOST STUDENTS LONGER THAN OTHER
ASSESSMENTS – DO NOT LEAVE IT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE!!
Frequently asked questions
• Please contact your Campus Convenor as soon
possible – well before the due date to discuss
• Read and participate on the discussion board –
located on [email protected]
• Read through the marking guide/rubric located
in the Assessment 4 folder
• Ask at collaborates
• Watch the mini lectures in the Research and
writing tips on [email protected] – this is made specific for
this course
Still having difficulties
On an individual level
The marker will provide
• Some comments as needed through out your paper
• A comment that aligns with the rubric/marking guide against
each criteria
• An overall comment
Additionally,
• An announcement will be posted with general feedback
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