Reflective practice – A tool for learning Introduction/Rationale When something goes wrong or something unexpected happens during a lesson or activity‚ we ask ourselves questions such as‚ could I have done something to avoid it? These experiences usually make us grow and we learn from experience‚ and we will be better prepared to face the situation if it happened again. This introspection is generally called “reflection”‚ and all professionals have adopted it in order to improve their practice
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Clinical decision making can be defined as‚ the collection of relevant patient information and accurate assessment‚ which results in an action being taken in the delivery of nursing care to the patient (Clark 1996). This definition is identical to the nursing process as described by (ref ewles & simnett?) however‚ this has been disparaged by some for not being critical in its stages (assesment‚ planning‚ implementation and evaluation) leading to standardized care plans and the reduction in decision
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fixed with the implementation of Decision Support System. A Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) is a type of expert system (also commonly referred to as a knowledge-based system) used within a clinical setting to support clinical processes. CDSSs are the result of the research of those within both the medical and computer science fields who had wished to develop artificially intelligent (AI) computer systems that would revolutionize healthcare. Clinical Decision Support Systems are often used with
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This essay will focus on developing reflective practice through exploring a critical incident in the workplace. It will explore different methods of reflection and use one particular method to reflect on the critical incident (appendix 1) and explain why this individual method was chosen. It will evaluate individual career development by reviewing past practice and the skills that have been gained throughout time‚ for example teamwork‚ group roles and experience gained‚ which will be ways to measure
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relation to reflective practice (Dewey‚ 1938; Kolb‚ 1984; Schön‚ 1981; Pollard 2008; Moon 1999). From this it could be argued that reflective practice in its simplest terms is looking back on a situation either at the time or a later date to critically analyse that event in terms of what went well‚ what can be improved and the overall outcome of that situation. Teachers have become comfortable with the idea of reflective practice through Donald Schon’s (1983) compositions about reflective practitioners
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The importance of reflective practice. Reflective practice is the ability to constantly monitor one ’s own performance in a given role and make adjustments where necessary. For me reflective practice is particularly important because no two clients will ever be the same and it is vitally important to remain reactive and reflective at all times. Reflective practice has been demonstrated to have significant benefits when it comes to the delivery of client-centred care‚ and can help me to ensure
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GUIDE ON REFLECTIVE PRACTICE Reflective practice is the process of looking back on the work you have previously done in order to get better understanding of yourself‚ how you work‚ your thoughts‚ feelings and anything you can learn from those experiences‚ whether good or bad. It is a way of learning by reviewing and thinking back over a situation or an activity. As a result you can identify your strengths and weaknesses and start working on improving yourself. Most of the time you do some form
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Reflective practice is having the capacity to reflect on your own actions. Which may mean taking the informal route that involves questioning yourself to develop your awareness of your own assumptions and thoughts or you could take the more formal route by drawing on research and theory that creates guidance and structure for good practice. This involves reviewing an experience analyzing evaluating and using it to change future outcomes. ‘By engaging in reflection people are usually engaging in a
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The reflective practice and the use of a journal is an important tool for teachers to use to access their teaching practices and discover what is going well and areas that are in need of improvement. While in the moment we may not be able to see all angles of a situation‚ but when we take the time to sit down and write out thoughts‚ feelings‚ and actions that took place we can look back on a situation and see where and why things happened the way they did and how to maximize or minimize the potential
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Introduction Reflection is a process that enables nurses to explore and evaluate clinical situations and hence identify areas of improvement for future practice. This reflection paper will evaluate the interviewee and interviewer’s performance and thoughts during the interview process. Interviewee’s reflection The panel welcomed the interviewee and gave some time to settle. This helped me to reduce the anxiety level and nervousness. When entering the interview room‚ I tried not to show my nervousness
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