Building Capacity in Reflective Practice

A Tiered Model of Statewide Supports for Local Home‐visiting Programs

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11276544
AutoresChristopher L Watson (0000-0001-5540-1942, University of Minnesota, autor de correspondencia), Ann E Bailey (University of Minnesota), Karen J Storm (University of Minnesota)
Año2016
Volumen37
Número6
Páginas640-652
Fecha de publicación2016-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInfant Mental Health Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0163-9641 • E-ISSN: 1097-0355
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/imhj.21609
PMID27786366
OpenAlexW2544166334
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18
Referencias citadas16

This preliminary study examines an initiative to further develop capacity in reflective practice among public health home visitors and their supervisors. A Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Expansion Grant to the Minnesota Department of Health funded the development of a tiered structure to support reflective practice within county public health agencies throughout the state. Study data revealed a general consensus among individuals at all levels of the county programs that state supports were adequate to implement reflective practice. Although there were no significant changes in home‐visitor and supervisor scores on a standardized measure linked to reflective functioning and reflective practice, a majority of home visitors and supervisors perceived that their knowledge and skills in reflective practice had increased during the evaluation period. A standardized measure of employee burnout did not reveal significant changes in either “depersonalization” (indicating burnout) or “personal accomplishment” (a mitigating factor in burnout) subscales; however, home visitor “emotional exhaustion” subscale scores did increase over the evaluation period. In contrast to the subscale results, home visitors reported a sense of accomplishment in their reflective work and that they value “releasing” emotions in a safe environment during reflective supervision

Burnout · Depersonalization · Emotional exhaustion · Medical education · Pedagogy · Reflective Practice · Supervisor · Visitor pattern · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Nursing · Nursing education and management · Psychology