Bhat Neeti, Dahal Aashma, Gurung Sanyukta, Sapkota Biswash
Department of Physiology, Madan Bhandari Academy of Health Sciences, Hetauda, Nepal.
Department of Public Health, Madan Bhandari Academy of Health Sciences, Hetauda, Nepal.
J Med Educ Curric Dev. 2024 Jan 8;11:23821205231221724. doi: 10.1177/23821205231221724. eCollection 2024 Jan-Dec.
Establishing new institutions for health professions provides the opportunity to implement innovative approaches catering to the current health needs and also allows to address the inadequacies of well-established institutions. Grabbing this opportunity, we initiated the implementation of reflective practices at Madan Bhandari Academy of Health Sciences, a new provincial university in Nepal. Though literature shows that reflection is a helpful tool to reflect on choices, experiences, and failures and obtain knowledge for the students, the adoption of reflective writing in health professions education in Nepal is limited. Therefore, we looked into the practices from other countries to adopt them in our settings and integrated them into our curriculum. But, we came across many impediments during the process-particularly those related to limited resources. We found innovative solutions like using technology and peer mentoring to overcome these challenges and integrated these practices to initiate reflective writing at the institution. The introspective "talking to oneself" has been a valuable strategy for implementing the reflective practices at our institution. Based on our experiences, we highly recommend educators in Nepal or similar settings embrace team-based writing practices that are contextually appropriate. But, we also recognize the benefits of team-based reflective writing that considers the cultural context. We hope this review will inspire educators, particularly those who lack the resources to initiate such practices at their institution. Our firsthand experience is detailed in this perspective article.
建立新的健康专业院校为实施迎合当前健康需求的创新方法提供了契机,同时也有助于解决老牌院校存在的不足之处。抓住这个机会,我们在尼泊尔一所新建的省级大学——马丹·班达里健康科学学院启动了反思性实践。尽管文献表明反思是一种有助于学生反思选择、经历和失败并获取知识的工具,但反思性写作在尼泊尔健康专业教育中的应用有限。因此,我们研究了其他国家的做法,以便在我们的环境中采用并将其纳入我们的课程。但是,我们在这个过程中遇到了许多障碍,特别是那些与资源有限相关的障碍。我们找到了一些创新的解决方案,比如利用技术和同伴指导来克服这些挑战,并将这些做法融入其中,在该院校启动反思性写作。内省式的“自言自语”一直是在我们院校实施反思性实践的一项宝贵策略。基于我们的经验,我们强烈建议尼泊尔或类似环境中的教育工作者采用适合具体情况的基于团队的写作实践。但是,我们也认识到考虑文化背景的基于团队的反思性写作的益处。我们希望这篇综述能激励教育工作者,尤其是那些在其院校缺乏开展此类实践资源的教育工作者。我们的第一手经验在这篇观点文章中详细阐述。