Dental Hygienist Reflection

REFECTION PAPER
Arts 9

My family has a long history in healthcare, as such, I too have an interest in entering the health care field as a dental assistant and later a dental hygienist. I feel that due to common fears of dental offices, especially in small children, it is important for me to have basic counselling skills. This would provide me with knowledge on how to read body language and provide adequate support if any is needed. I also believed that this will increase my chances of being hired in a respectable clinic.
It is my opinion that all healthcare providers should have some training in counselling, whether it is a course, co-op experience, or formal education. This will insure that the professional has several skills and attributes

Some people would require more guidance than other’s, but in general, people can change themselves for better or worse.
I prefer similar work everyday opposed to having each day be a mystery, hence my interest in a very specific job (dental hygienist) opposed to a job with a wider variety of tasks such as nursing. This also carries on to my preference in counselling clients, I would prefer clients that are not radical or likely to act unexpectedly, one example would be suddenly aggressive behaviour; I do not feel that my personality would allow me to effectively react to those types of situations. Similarly, I would also not want to have frequent changes of clients and would prefer long-term counselling. I would prefer long-term clients, with more down-to-earth personalities, though I would not expect people to be incredibly open about the issue that they need counselling for. I would prefer to counsel younger adults and teenagers, however, giving my age, the power balance would not be ideal. Therefore, I would most-likely have interest in counselling children aged 8 to 14, then I would gradually expand to older teenagers and young