Double Helix Jan 2020 Open Access

Zooming Through Covid: Fostering Safe Communities of Critical Reflection via Online Writers� Group Interaction

Sarah Haas Ghent University Hospital ; Alexander De. Soete ; Gry Ulstein Ghent University Hospital

Abstract

Writers’ groups, in virtual or physical forms, can create communities of practice, which have been shown to offer emotional support to writers during vulnerable times. Noticing that the Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated emotional vulnerability in our undergraduates who were writing 10,000-word reports, we initiated an online writers’ group using the Zoom electronic platform. A focus group held at the closing of the semester revealed that students valued most the feelings of safety nurtured by the group. An examination of the interaction in the sessions, via video recordings, revealed that it was precisely this safety that stimulated critical reflection among participants, which helped them manage their writing processes.

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Double Helix
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2020-01-01
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10.37514/dbh-j.2020.8.1.01
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