THE PERMEABLE PRACTITIONER

The permeable practitioner is an idea which grew out of my research into health professionals' experiences of supervision. I noticed that regardless of how many years of experience practitioners have, they expect to encounter uncertainties in everyday practice. These uncertainties persist throughout the practitioner's career but the sources of the uncertainties will vary. Practitioners who expect, recognise and seek to resolve their practice uncertainties are self-aware, aware of and for others, awareness sharing, feedback-seeking, open to alternatives, critically attuned and ultimately willing to change... I call practitioners who display these behaviours and characteristics ‘permeable practitioners'.