Assessment 2: Reflective Writing Assessment type Essay Word limit / length 1,500 Words Weighting 30% Due date Monday of week 4 27 July 2020, 5 pm Learning outcomes This assessment task is aligned to...

Running Head: Reflective Essay        1
Reflective Essay         
ASSESSMENT 2: REFLECTIVE ESSAY
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Personal Values and Beliefs    3
Professional Identity    4
Statement of Professional Philosophy    6
Conclusion    7
References    8
Introduction
    For a person to be successful in personal and professional life and to create equilibrium between the personal and professional life it is essential to perform self evaluation and to enhance self awareness by knowing the personal character. Personal values and beliefs, professional identity and professional philosophy of an individual are intangible qualities that are worth processing because of their importance, desirability and usefulness. Through this essay I shall reflect upon my personal values, professional identity and professional beliefs.
Personal Values and Beliefs
    Personal values and beliefs reflect on what we think is important in our lives. There are many values that I hold close to my heart. I have realized that I am still developing and growing. I believe the culture, customs and traditions, in which an individual is brought up greatly influences the values and beliefs of an individual. My behaviour as a citizen of the society and as a healthcare professional is largely impacted by my personal values and beliefs. My parents have always tried to imbibe values that can help me grow as a responsible citizen of the society with self-satisfaction.
    The value, which I consider to be most important, is loyalty. This is something that I gained over a period and I believe that loyalty shall not be given and received until and unless it is backed up by a sound reason. This value of mine has a great influence on the actions I take. Another important value of my personality is trustworthiness, which has helped me grab a number of opportunities in my life. I believe that my ability to win the trust of people and to maintain it has helped me build several relations I can cherish throughout my life. Without these relations life would have been lonely and dull (Ward, 2017). I am person who tries to be realistic all the time. Therefore, this value of mine has helped me to be flexible and has helped me to adapt to the outcomes of many incidents with dignity and integrity.
    Decisiveness is another value that takes an important place in my life. This quality of mine has helped me take a number of decisions in my life that have helped me grow as a sensible and responsible human being. Being decisive has helped me make many important decisions of my life. Another value, which I take as strength of mine is my ability to consider ideas and emotions in a non-judgmental manner. This has always helped to act effectively and decisively in various situations I have come across my life. I also consider myself to be a culturally sensible person. I believe that, who respects the cultural differences existing in the society. I believe that no two people in the society may have same sets of personal values and therefore, all we can do is to respect the values of others in order to maintain our dignity as well as the dignity of others.
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