Reflective practice in psychiatric training: Balint groups

Groups facilitate self-reflective practice.

Reflective Practice in Nursing Care

Introduction: Reflective practice is a generic term for intellectual and affective activities that create new understanding and appreciation of experiences. Various studies have emphasized on the benefits of reflection in nursing. This article reviewed benefits and barriers of reflective practice in nursing. Methods: In this review article, library references, some scientific databases (Elsevi...

Working with Balint groups

After defining Balint groups, I outline how I personally became interested in Balintwork. Then I review some of Michael Balint’s insights into what is the heart of Balintwork—the doctor-patient relationship. I describe what actually happens in a Balintgroup. I outline some of the administrative and organizational contexts for Balint work in Australia. I conclude with a brief discussion about Ba...

Reflective Learning through Collaborative Practice Groups

In 1601, the British ship captain James Lancaster tested what was then a little known innovation in naval dietary practice when he set sail for India with a fleet of four ships. While the crew of three of his ships followed their usual diets, all of the men on the fourth were required to consume a teaspoon of lemon juice three times a day. The utility of this innovation was irrefutable. By half...

Reframing Balint: thoughts on family medicine departmental Balint groups.

This paper explores recurrent processes and themes in the 1,300 family medicine faculty, resident, intern, and community Balint groups the author has facilitated/led. The frequent group "deviation" from the central Balint task of understanding difficult physician-patient relationships is reframed as less "resistance" or "obstacle" to work, as it is an expression of unmet developmental needs and...