Reflective Practice Reflection

The aim of this assignment is to give a reflective account on group presentation and the peer assessment process as well as the development of a personal action plan. It would involve using ‘The What? Model of Structured Reflection’ (Driscoll 2007) to analyse the experience of using a group designed assessment tool to assess my peers and the experience of being peer assessed. Additionally, experience of completing a group presentation would be reflected upon. A personal action plan which identifies areas for personal development and the designed assessment tool is attached as appendix 1 and 2 respectively.

Reflective practice is constantly changing as it adds in the learning gained from experiences. Reflective practice links events together and compares what is already known and make a decisions on the basis of this comparison. Reflective practice helps nurses to become expert practitioners due to the fact it operates from a deep understanding of the total events. Reflective practice could also be beneficial for patients and service users as it gives better standards of patient safety and is focused on individual and also evidence based care derived from their needs.

Reflective Practice, according to Howatson – Jones (2013), is “defined as a process that develops understanding of what it means to be a practitioner and makes the link between theory and practice through the practitioner consciously thinking through the experience (Howatson – Jones, 2013, p8). Reflective Practice is useful tool for health professionals to help them continue learning career and enable them to learn and improve from their own professional experiences (Bright Knowledge, 2014 p1). This essay will give an overview of the benefits of implementing Reflective Practice and how it improves patient care and outcomes and how it promotes nurses to keep up to date with current professional skills. The essay will look at some possible limitations

Jones, (2016) states, ‘a good reflective practice underpins good professional practice in that reflection enables practitioners to review their progress and identify areas which have been successfully developed and those in need of further development’. Reflection is accessing previous experience helping to develop

Reflective Practice (RP) is a concept embedded nowadays in most of the educational and healthcare professional curriculums in UK, but it is much more developed and almost mandatory in nursing than in any other field (Hebert, Finlay 2008, GMC, NMC, Wilson 1996). This trend is based not only on learning theories, professional requirements and patient expectation but also for the numerous benefits that have been described such as enhancing the competence of self-directed lifelong learning, professional development and critical thinking among others. This beside of some drawbacks that have been highlighted (tsingos).

Professional nurses are encouraged to engage in reflection because nursing knowledge is embedded in practical experiences (Stein-Parbury, 2000). The reasons why reflection is important in nursing includes; firstly, reflection challenges assumptions. Price and Harrington (2010), pointed this out especially as nurses today have greater autonomy and more responsibility. Intriguingly, Driscoll (2007) added that reflective practice is an opportunity to capture, examine and challenge some set patterns of working and such examination might lead to the realization that there is a need for change. One can consider his suggestion a tool to Argyris and Schön’s (1974) statement that practitioners often practice at less than effective levels because they

This paragraph is about the concept of reflection and how it aids professional development in nursing. To do this, we first have to understand what reflection and reflective practise is. The Nursing and midwifery board of Australia’s National competency standards for the registered nurse under the Critical thinking and analysis domain requires the nurse to reflects on own practice to identify professional development needs. This comes under the heading of: Participates in professional development to enhance nursing practice (Nursing and Midwifery Board of

Reflective practices are beneficial. In this class, having the chance to reflect on the draft assignment, in conjunction with having Errol’s comments, allowed me to critically think about my writing skills. The professor comments pointed out my writing and grammar flaws. In turn, the professor’s comments helped me to see what I was doing wrong as well as right, when it came to my writing skills and the assignment. Having the chance to reflect on my mistakes, in combination of having Errol’s comments and instructions, I believed assisted my writing. Therefore, from reflection, I am 1) learning from my mistakes and 2) developing a better understanding of the things that I do

This piece is going to explore the principles of reflective practice and highlight/explore the benefits and challenges that one encounters when it comes to reflection in everyday clinical practice. Models of reflection will also be incorporated to support critical reflective practice as a speech and language therapist. Reflective practise is crucial as a speech and language therapist as it creates critical thinking and limits the chances of future problems reoccurring. It also creates a cycle of continuous learning in everyday practice. Bolton (2014) refers reflective practice as a state of the mind and a repetitive attitude behaviour to work.

The general trend for scholars was to either explain or expound on theories of the previous scholars but Professor of nursing Gary Rolfe (2001) designed a reflective model to simplify the learning cycle. This version of the reflective cycle was comprised of three questions that ask the reflective practitioner: What, So what, and Now what? (Rolfe 2001)The idea is that through these questions we gain a description of the situation ultimately leading to critic of the situation as well as the f knowledge that has been gained through this experience.

According to Kail (2012), reflection is introspection as a result of events in our life and experiences good and bad. It results in how we perceive ourselves, others, and the world around us. Reflection is important for a leader and links his or her performance to their potential (Kail, 2012). Great leaders indulge in unpacking their thoughts and experiences for the benefit of others. Moreover, according to Muir, Scott, McConville, Watson, Behbehani, Sukkar (2014), “Reflective practice helps one in reappraising his or her professional performance for growth, learning, and development. Without reflection, one indulges in justification as a narcissist that makes him or her feel good about the events and prevents them from learning (Kail,

Reflection is considered as a state of mind which is a continuous practice (Fanghanel, 2004, p. 576). It yields confidential and safe ways to demonstrate personal experiences as well as continuously challenging perceptions, illusions and biases that can be damaging to cultures and society. Reflective practice enables the practitioner to learn about themselves and their work, their culture and society in which they live.

Reflective Practice is a continuous action that directly affects anyone who is a practitioner. Jasper (2006, p. 53) argued that the benefit to the profession is in the development of the nursing knowledge base and in the recognition that nurses are contributing to both patient care and improved practice. Further, Jasper (2006, p. 43) explains that Reflective Practice is the foundation upon which reflection and reflective learning are based. Jasper illustrated this process graphically with the following Reflective Process equation.

This self-reflection will incorporate the 4R’s model of reflective thinking in order for my reflections to be properly structured. The overall group project was a good experience for me, and provided me a great opportunity to work with people from different cultures. Although these people were from different cultures, I knew each group member before this assignment and had worked with the majority of them previously. Therefore, I respected all the group member’s and the skills, strengths and weaknesses they brought to our group. Because of my established relationship with all members, I felt that I was able to be honest in my assessment of their work without being perceived as bossy or creating conflict. The aim for all of us was to do very well in this assignment, so our group established a clear idea of outcomes and quality of work.

Reflective learning leads to the growth of an individual both in the personal and professional life supporting him morally, emotionally and psychologically. Reflection learning can help us better understand our strengths and weakness. It also helps us identify our questions values and beliefs. It encourages acknowledging and challenging possible assumptions on which our feelings, ideas actions and reactions are based. We can identify the areas of discrimination and acknowledge our fears. Also, it helps identify possible areas of improvement and inefficiencies. Reflection can lead to self-awareness which is the first step towards a positive change and prospective growth. It is an important phase to identify both the areas for improvement and growth both in personal and professional aspect. It reinforces the good practice and provide with best approaches.