Reflective Log

Back to the community

I have stayed in the community for two years and now for this block I'm back to the community, I was staying within the same section which we are working in for now.

If i look to the community, there is unity amongst members of it but the leader of the community is not participating or contribute to the betterment of the community, I think his following a Laissez-faire leadership style; where there is very little of no participation by the leader , the members of the community take the role to lead.

What I learned from the community, the community has cohesiveness but to each side of it : the colored's are only working together and blacks are also attracted to their side only; cohesion is within each skin color but they are all coloreds. I also learned that the community know they problems as the community but none of them they want to charge of solving those problems.

My leadership skills, quite person in nature, not good with my voice but good with my actions, when were given projects to run, I think it was a good idea if each person have their own project this will help me to be more independent for the future, but I hate talking but  I love working, I will try my best to talk not for me but show I'm capable of talking and I'm not passive.

My strengths within the community; I know the community than other students with me, and secondly most of the patients we will see (children) speak Zulu, the group will depend on me and I' m willing to work with them.
I think we should have a schedule of working and the Non Zulu speakers should get a chance to practice Zulu for their future, com serve.We should plan for the week ahead in order to make corrections when necessary and to include other disciplines onto our programme. From the other other disciplines there is no Zulu speaker, they will have more of language barrier. They should be a Zulu speaker for each discipline not for one group within the area.

Lastly from the beginning of my training I hated reading but now I have realized that in order to keep up with new information and improve your knowledge you need to read not for the sake of finishing the book you are reading but trying to base your findings with current  theory in order to come up with useful interventions which are currently used. You may have knowledge but if that information is not updated it no use to yourself and other people, reading is good for everyone, it should become part of our daily routine, recapping on your  old theory, while looking for new theory.