Reflection

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SCHOOL OF HEALTHCARE SCIENCES

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Student ID number: C1523688

Module code: HC2130

Module name: Personal and Professional Development and Communication 2

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Ability to self reflect is an important aspect within healthcare. Reflection is defined as the reviewing of past experiences, in order for adequate analysis and evaluation of the event. This allows modification to be made in the future when faced with a similar situation (Bulman and Schutz, 2013). A successful healthcare professional is able to constantly reflect on their experiences, learning from their actions, right or wrong, to improve the quality of care they provide in the future (Schön, 1983). It is important for me to be able to reflect and evaluate upon my experiences as it will help to identify my strengths and weaknesses. As a physiotherapist, this can also put into perspective between theory and practice and enables me to improve quality of care and initiate personal and professional improvements (Argyris and Schön, 1978). I will be using Gibbs reflective model. Gibbs reflective process or cycle involves 6 different stages, first introduced in “Learning by doing”, where each stage shapes the contents in the stage after (Gibbs, 1988). I have chosen this model as it allows me to question my own actions, explore new approaches to any problems I experienced and most importantly, ways in which I can improve myself for the future. I will be reflecting on the team working aspect during the development of the care pathway and it significance during practice.