The most challenging part of this ePortfolio was making it and writing it. The website took me a while to get used to and it was hard trying to keep within the word limit with so many questions to answer.
The most rewarding part about this unit was making new friends and hearing everyone’s views on the different topics that we discussed over the 14 weeks. It was interesting to hear their justifications of their opinions that were different than mine and showed me another side to various subjects. I also did learn a lot in this unit that I had never really taken into consideration, things like Jehovah’s Witness. It was also really interesting to talk about culture because my class was so diverse; we were able to understand a bit more from their point of view.
One of the most important things I learnt was culture, I have always been worried about offending someone from a different culture and not even realise. Because I didn’t rally have a lot of experience in culture, I was nervous about approaching it, but now I know the differences between acceptable and unacceptable. Similarly with disabled communication, I’m always worried that I will unnoticeably offend them. Learning about communication with them helped me feel more comfortable now when talking to them, I feel more confident than what I did starting this unit. Empathy was another topic that I felt had been impacted by, it gave me a deeper look on empathy and what it really means, I knew what it meant but I never thought how it could impact someone so largely when they are in a really scary situation and will defiantly be something I will take into being a Paramedic.
Communication in Paramedicine 