So action inquiry is useful in more than the school
setting. I believe this is a skill
easily transferred to any venue in which quality improvement is a standard. My company is using this technique to evaluate clinical training models. We are hoping to save some money for the company by reducing clinician training hours. We are looking as classroom training of 20-30 minutes as opposed to on-unit training where the learner cannot pay attention to the training because of interruptions. We will see if 20 minutes in the classroom with a new product will save dollars and complaints in the upcoming month.
Besides the text, the lectures on video put me at
ease by repeating several times that the action inquiry plan will change with
time. The lectures served to enforce
that there is no setback when the plan changes, that there is simply a change
necessitated by the situation and that to be useful, the inquiry must deal with
changes and reality.
My peers made excellent comments on my inquiry plan,
causing me to reconsider and revise some portions. This showed me how blogs are supposed to work
and demonstrated their usefulness in education.
All the assignments for this course demanded
reflection, which is often neglected in my busy life. With reflection being required in order to
complete the work, I became more comfortable with reflection as an essential
skill. This quiet, thinking time has put me back in touch with the need for
spiritual reflection as well, and I have purchased some daily devotional guides
for lent.
The dynamic person sees, thinks, does, reflects and
repeats the cycle. This course has helped remind me of those essentials.
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