In this assessment task, you will be required to reflect on the first three weeks of this course, your communication style and the impact that it has on your ability to work in a multidisciplinary team. You should consider the feedback you received from your peers on your verbal and non-verbal communication skills, personal biases, making appropriate referrals and your ability to frame questions and during subjective assessments.

In part 1, due in week 5, you will be required to reflect on your workshops where you developed your verbal and non-verbal communication skills. You will be required to identify your own behaviours that had a positive effect on your patient interactions and those that you believe would negatively impact patient care, reasoning how and why you should change them.

In part 2, you will be required to record a short podcast reflecting on advantages and challenges of working with a multidisciplinary group and how their perspective influenced your clinical skills. You will be required to conclude what you plan to continue doing and how you plan to improve your communication skills to improve your ability to collaborate within your multidisciplinary group

Word count: 800 words and 6-minute podcast

Due date: week 5 and week 9