Training activity information
Details
Record your development experience, reflecting on the impact and benefits of your experience on:
- Your development aims
- Your personal practice
- Patients and other service users
- Your department/colleagues
Type
Developmental training activity (DTA)
Evidence requirements
Evidence the activity has been undertaken by the trainee​.
Reflection on the activity at one or more time points after the event including learning from the activity and/or areas of the trainees practice for development.
An action plan to implement learning and/or to address skills or knowledge gaps identified.
Considerations
- Reflective practice
- Continued professional development
- Setting objectives and monitoring progress
- Knowledge of limitations
- Patient-centred care
- Evaluating success and sharing good practice
- Effective communication
- Requirements for continuing professional development to maintain professional registration
Reflective practice guidance
The guidance below is provided to support reflection at different time points, providing you with questions to aid you to reflect for this training activity. They are provided for guidance and should not be considered as a mandatory checklist. Trainees should not be expected to provide answers to each of the guidance questions listed.
Before action
- What are the intended outcomes of recording this experience and reflecting on its impact?
- Since the reflection must cover impact on patients, colleagues, and aims, what criteria will you use to determine if your development aims were successfully met?
- What knowledge or insights do you need to prepare regarding effective ways to assess the impact of training on service delivery?
In action
- As you record the development and its impact, are you ensuring the reflection clearly links the learning to the improvement of your personal practice?
- Are you actively considering and articulating the impact on patients and service users?
- Are you adapting your writing to ensure the benefits for your department / colleagues are clearly articulated?
On action
- What were the measurable benefits of the development experience on your personal practice and your aims?
- What specific outcomes highlighted the impact on patients and other service users?
- What skills did you develop e.g., analytical thinking, self-review?
- What areas for continued development have been identified as a result of evaluating this experience?
Beyond action
- How has this experience reinforced your strategy for self-directed learning and CPD going forward?
- How might this activity support you in acting as an ambassador for Healthcare Science by being able to clearly articulate the value of shared knowledge?
- How will the knowledge or skills gained be applied to influence your wider practice since the original experience?
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 |
Outcome
Demonstrate personal responsibility for their continuing professional development to maintain the quality and currency of their professional skills and knowledge. |
| # 2 |
Outcome
Critically review and reflect on their own practice, identify areas for development and organise opportunities to meet these development needs. |
| # 3 |
Outcome
Adapt interpersonal and communication skills to a range of situations. |
| # 4 |
Outcome
Recognise the benefits to patients of sharing knowledge and best practice. |
| # 5 |
Outcome
Discover the impact of and act as an ambassador for Healthcare Science in the wider healthcare environment. |