As I move towards my final drafts, I would like to work on my ethical considerations part of my essay. I have been battling ethics since September, and I feel this is the weakest part of my essay.
On Friday I attended a 'First Aid for Schools' training course. I left the course feeling confident that I could give immediate care to a student if a problem occurred. But during the course my mind wondered on the moments I chose to ignore injuries that occurred within my dance practice.
A study was conducted last year by Safe Dance IV where 146 professional dancers were asked whether they feared injury. I have shared the results below:
"Over half (63%) of the respondents reported that they fear sustaining a dance-related injury, that they believe there is still a stigma surrounding injuries in dance (62%), and that this stigma has led to a delay in reporting or seeking care for an injury (51%)." (NCBI, 2019)
Professional dancers are extremely dedicated and will endure immense physical training to achieve their careers, therefore it is inevitable that injuries will occur. Dancers also have to build resilience in order to make their way through this industry. But the combination of these factors can have a negative outcome when it comes to dealing with injuries.
I personally fear injury, and have purposely not told employers about injuries or health issues (e.g. having a cold or flu) in the past incase it affected my job. But this has affected me now as I am still battling some injuries that I should have given immediate attention to at the time. However, I now understand how unethical this was, and if one of my students had a problem now, I would undoubtably aim to give them the correct advice.
Dealing with injury is one of my areas of learning, so I may choose to discuss this ethical consideration further in my essay. But I always worry that I won't be able to explain ethics well enough when writing. How is everyone else finding this?
I hope all your portfolios are coming on nicely. x
References
NCBI. (2019). Injury Fear, Stigma, and Reporting in Professional Dancers. [online]. NCBI. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6717803/. [Accessed 29 Nov. 2020].
Picture Quotes. (2020). Resistance is greatest just before the finish line. [image]. Available at: http://www.picturequotes.com/resistance-is-greatest-just-before-the-finish-line-quote-987657
Hey Alice!! Ethics is something that I have struggled with and have numerous times since starting my essay, I've had to Google definitions of 'what are ethics' as I felt like I must have been missing something! So you're not alone!! I think it's something we deal with in most situations, but being humans we know what's wrong and right and it's been hard to define why that is as the answers are always obvious! I have spoken in my essay about ethically considering people's feelings when giving them show notes (referring to being DC) as I have had some teachers and DCs in the past that have been detrimental! But your reference to admitting and looking after injuries is so relevant! I have pushed through an injury and feeling ill so many times during intense rehearsals and during shows! It's wrong we felt like we had to do this!!
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