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Reflection and Reflective Writing Guide

This document provides an introduction to reflection and reflective writing. It defines reflection as thinking about experiences to make sense of them and learn lessons that can help with future planning. Reflection involves describing events, considering thoughts and feelings, evaluating positives and negatives, and analyzing what was learned. The document recommends keeping notes on experiences and using frameworks like Gibbs' reflective cycle to structure reflections. This cycle includes description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion, and action planning.

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Reflection and Reflective Writing Guide

This document provides an introduction to reflection and reflective writing. It defines reflection as thinking about experiences to make sense of them and learn lessons that can help with future planning. Reflection involves describing events, considering thoughts and feelings, evaluating positives and negatives, and analyzing what was learned. The document recommends keeping notes on experiences and using frameworks like Gibbs' reflective cycle to structure reflections. This cycle includes description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion, and action planning.

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Introduction to Reflection and

Reflective Writing

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Objectives
 Learner will be able to share his/her feelings
in reflective log

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INTRODUCTION TO
REFLECTION AND
REFLECTIVE WRITING
•What is reflection?
•Sources of reflection
•Skills / attitudes for reflection
•Starting reflective writing
•Frameworks for reflection
(Gibb’s reflective cycle and the
‘What?’ model of reflection)

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WHAT IS REFLECTION?
•Thinking about…..
•Pondering on…..
•Asking yourself questions
about…..
•Discussing with yourself…
•Trying to work something out…..
•Making sense of things…
•Learning from experience...
•Helping you plan for the
future…..

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Sources of reflection.

 Everyday events
 Positive experiences
 Negative experiences
 Eventful incidents
 Unusual incidents
 Routine activities
 Important events
 Meaningful events

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What might you reflect upon in
day to day life?
 ‘’I’m always late for work’’
 ‘’That was a great holiday’’
 ‘’My car has turned out to be an old
banger’’
 ‘’I’ve had a very productive
weekend’’
 ‘’I keep running out of money before
the end of the month’’

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So why is it important in
EBP
Reflection is seen as helping to
 bridge the theory practice gap
 reduce practices based on custom and
practice
 develop and understand your practice,
decisions made, lessons learnt and
implication of these for future practice
 ensure that care remains patient centred
and based in the patient experience
Skills / attitudes for reflection

 Willing to learn from experience and


change things
 Able to make time for reflection
 Being open and honest
 Willing to share and discuss your
experiences
 Being motivated to replay / describe /
analyse experiences
 Able to make an action plan

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Starting reflective writing
 Have a pen and paper available at all
times
 Be spontaneous
 Write down ideas as they come to you
 Don’t worry about structure, order,
spelling, grammar
 Be imaginative
 Make sense later with the help of a
more formalised structure
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Choose an incident / experience
from the course so far
 Make notes on the following:
 Describe the experience - who? where?
what was happening?
 What were your thoughts and feelings?
 What was positive?
 What was negative?
 What have you learned?
 Discuss with a colleague

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‘’Putting your thoughts on
paper’’
 Discuss in your pairs the experience of
putting pen to paper - transferring your
thoughts into writing
 How easy was it?
 Did it change your views in any way?
 What is it like to see your thoughts
written down?

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Gibbs’s Reflective Cycle (1988)

 Description
 Feelings
 Evaluation
 Analysis
 Conclusion
 Action Plan

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Description

 Where was I?
 Who else was there?
 Why was I there?
 What was I doing?
 What happened?

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Feelings

 How was I feeling at the beginning?


 What was I thinking about?
 What did other people’s actions
make me think / feel?
 How did I feel about the outcome?
 What do I think about it now?

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Evaluation
 What was good about the experience
for me, the patient, others?

 What was bad about the experience


for me, the patient, for others?

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Analysis

 ‘Breaking it down’
 What did I do well / not so well?
 What did others do well?
 Did it go as expected?
 Why / why not?
 What theory / research helps me
understand the experience?
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Conclusion

 Could I have done anything


differently?
 What are the key things I have
learned from this incident - about
me, my performance, others and
their performance?
 Can this be evidence of achievement
of placement outcomes /
competencies?

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Action Plan

 What would I do in a similar situation in


the future?
 What aspects of my knowledge / skills
could I develop?
 How will I do this?
 What goals can I set myself for the
future?
 What outcomes / competencies do I
need to focus on now?

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