Professional Awareness

Name: Rosanne Crouch

Field or discipline: Nursing
Program: Bachelor of Nursing
Year level: 2-3
Class size: 30
Activity type: Presentation

Aim: To have the students become aware of their own profession when compared/contrasted with another health profession.

Description: This was a group activity that I participated in as a student involving four students interviewing a professional from another health discipline. We were required to contrast and compare this professional’s health discipline with our own discipline. The interview was video-taped and a presentation was given to the rest of the class.

This task helped the students to be aware of other health professionals’:
· Academic requirements
· Legal requirements
· Work requirements

Application: There were some issues with the access to, and knowledge of using equipment. The small time frame available also made this task difficult.

I am not able to recall who the lecturer was who developed this task but as a participant, I believe it was a very valuable and engaging experience.