What is reflective practice?
Reflective practice is a way of studying your own experiences to improve the way you work. It is very useful for health professionals who want to carry on learning throughout their lives.
The act of reflection is a great way to increase confidence and become a more proactive and qualified creative practitioner.
Engaging in reflective practice should help to improve the quality of care you give and close the gap between theory and practice. Specifically, as a creative practitioner, using this will allow you to develop your creative process.
The following examples of reflective practice will give you some idea of the various methods you can choose from.
Gibbs' reflective cycle
Gibbs' reflective cycle is a process involving six steps:
Description - What happened?
Feelings - What did you think and feel about it?
Evaluation - What were the positives and negatives?
Analysis - What sense can you make of it?
Conclusion - What else could you have done?
Action Plan - What will you do next time?
It is a 'cycle' because the action you take in the final stage will feed back into the first stage, beginning the process again.
References
Brightknowledge.org. (2018). What is reflective practice?. [online] Available at: https://www.brightknowledge.org/medicine-healthcare/what-is-reflective-practice [Accessed 17 Jan. 2018].