Reflections on the confluence of personal and professional

Healthcare professionals' perspectives on environmental sustainability

“…32 The devaluing of subjectivity contributes to the 'dehumanisation' of healthcare where personal and professional selves are seen as distinct entities. 33 In combination with a focus on efficiency and economics, scientific dominance in healthcare contributes to a procedural culture that strives for impartiality, but is less responsive to the needs of individuals and local communities. 17,19,[23][24][25]27 The reciprocal relationship between people and the planet is also argued to be undervalued in this context.…”

“…1,5 Due to these pressures, many healthcare professionals (including some of the interviewees) feel uncomfortable acknowledging that the personal has influenced their practice, even when the outcomes are positive. 33 Additionally, interviewees reported that objectivity encourages a focus on easily measurable outcomes. The long-term indirect global impact of healthcare practice on the natural environment, and subsequent health impacts, is not likely to be as easily measured, as the short-term direct impact of healthcare practice on an individual client/patient or economic outcomes.…”

Toward a Flexible Framework for Understanding Speciality

“…Occupational therapy models could allow for similar alternatives without compromising its central belief in occupation. Denshire's (2002) work (similar to that of Wojnar and Malinski, 2003) gives valuable insight into the distinction between worldviews assumed by the profession and personal worldviews. She provides a useful perspective on examining personal worldviews.…”

“…This personal worldview, though individualized, is formed through physical and social interaction, with ail the aspects of one's environment: physical, cultural, social atid institutional. A woridview is seldom static but is continuously shaped through exposure to new ideas and subsequent reflection (Denshire, 2002). In this framework the devcloptnent of a woridview with which to interpret the center of a person is part of Theexistentialist sees the center of a person as part of the self.…”

Transforming practice: reflections on the use of art to develop professional knowledge and reflective practice

“…Using the river drawings made me aware that my 'pre-constructed' professional knowledge was bound by my previous experiences, and that I had become stuck in routine 'sayings', 'doings' and 'relatings' in my everyday clinical interactions (Kemmis, 2007). After directly encountering the confluence of personal and professional dimensions (Denshire, 2002), the tensions between my personal knowledge construction and the health professional knowledge construction were identified. The rigid structure of my professional knowledge became more apparent when I stepped out of that structure to use an arts-based method of interviewing.…”