Reflective practice

Question 1

What is reflective practice?

Answer 1

The ability to reflect on one’s actions so as to engage in the process of continuous learning

Question 2

What is the simplest method of reflective practice?

Answer 2

Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
How?

Question 3

Name 2 models of reflective practice

Answer 3

1. Borton model

2. Gibbs model

Question 4

What are the steps in Borton’s model?

Answer 4

Three questions:

What?, so what and what next?

Question 5

What are the steps in Gibbs’s model?

Answer 5

1. Description
2. Feelings
3. Evaluation
4. Analysis
5. Action pan (what would you do if it happened again?)

Question 6

How can reflective practice help in our clinical practice?

Answer 6

1. Identify learning needs/new learning opportunities
2. Identify how we learn best
3. Explore alternative solutions to a problem
4. Understand the consequences of our actions