Reflections
Published: 25/10/2020
These are my tips on
1. how to get better at reflections and
2. helpful resources for reflections.
Books on reflection
Tools for Continuing Professional Development 2nd edition by Chia Hong and Deborah Harrison
This book explains the principles of reflection techniques and formats such as SWOT. It also provides examples from students and clinicians.
Helpful templates
CSP e-portfolio
https://cpd.csp.org.uk/view/view.php?id=1047
These template are a helpful way to structure and shape your individual reflections. When you feel more confident you can make your own templates to fill in.
My own templates
Padesky 5 Aspects inspired reflection framework
Date: …
Review date: …
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Situation Where? When? Who with? What
happened? How? |
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Thoughts What went through my mind at that
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Emotions What emotion did I feel at that
time? How intense was that feeling (0-100%)? |
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What I did or didn’t do What didn’t I do or what did I avoid
doing? What autonomic reactions did I have? What would other people have seen
me doing? What did I do and why? |
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Action plan
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VAS Scale template
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For this scale 0 = no confidence, 10 = full confidence
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Why not 10:
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Summary
Graph
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Action plan
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Reflection Diary
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What
happened? |
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How
did this experience make you feel? |
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What
was good and bad about the experience? |
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What
have I learnt? |
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What
would I do different? |
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How
will this affect my future patients? |
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Action
plan… |
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Please let me know in the comments below if you have any useful tips, tricks or templates for reflections. I would love to hear about them.
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