Reflective team and process-oriented supervision – a case study on differences. Issue 6 (2nd November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Johansson, Rose-Marie; Nyström, Maria; Dahlheim–Englund, Ann-Charlotte
• Is Part Of: Reflective practice. Volume 18:Issue 6(2017)
• Page Start: 737
• Page End: 749
• Publication Date: 2017-11-02
• Subjects: Reflective team -- caring supervision -- primary psychiatric care -- case study -- phenomenography -- lifeworld; Professions -- Periodicals; Reflection (Philosophy) -- Periodicals; Thought and thinking -- Periodicals; Self-knowledge, Theory of -- Periodicals; Career development -- Periodicals; 370.15
• DOI: 10.1080/14623943.2017.1351348
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1462-3943

Abstract

Abstract: To meet the Swedish healthcare legislation's requirements for evidence-based care, a work model for reflection has been developed, called a reflective team (RT). Because this RT model can be perceived as either a competitor of or a complement to caring supervision, this case study aims to explore what distinguishes these two in psychiatric care. Five members of one RT who are psychiatric nurses with previous experiences in caring supervision were interviewed. The transcribed interviews were analysed according to phenomenography. The findings reveal three qualitatively separated categories, which describe differences in focus, competencies, and relationships between confirmation and demands. It is concluded that an RT by no means replaces supervision. Instead, both can contribute to care improvement by complementing each other and increasing the professionalism of psychiatric nurses.