Reflective Practice, CPD and standards of care

1. Reflective Practice, CPDand standards of care

2. Review of the day • Has it been useful? • What have you learned? • What will you go away and do as a result. • State one thing you will do

3. Reflection is an every day process We reflect on a range of everyday problems and situations all the time Reflection can also be used in a structured way to review events, practice or learning experiences Using a few basic questions as a framework can help you structure your own reflections • How did it go? • How do I feel about it? • What went well, or OK? Why? • What was not so good? Why? • How could this have been done differently? • What should I change or work on for next time? • What would be the first step?

4. Gibbs Model of Reflection

5. How can reflection help you? • Can acknowledge immediate feelings, then stand back from them • Helps you make a balanced judgement - see what went well and focus on the positive side of an event as well as the more negative • Acknowledge things that you find difficult to admit in the normal course of events. • Reflection can bring greater clarity, like seeing events reflected in a mirror • Helps you develop a problem-solving approach, rather than avoiding thinking about difficulties • Reflection involves drawing conclusions in order to move on, change or develop an approach, strategy or activity.

6. How does reflection improve care?

7. How does reflection improve care? • Helps you take an objective view to see what is going well and what needs working on Therefore helps to: • improve clinical practice • raise standards • improve safety • Adds to the learning experience • Supports learning every day from every experience

8. Keeping a record of reflection • Reflective diary – a written record of your reflections • Doesn’t have to be lengthy • Include examples as part of your CPD record • Bring CPD record to appraisal and use examples to evidence what you have done and how you have developed • Be selective. Not a shopping trolley! • Can be hard copy or electronic • Use to identify new objectives and further training needs

9. Reflection .... and Personal Development Planning • The Personal Development Planning process provides a structure that helps • you plan your personal, professional and career goals effectively. • Helps you reflect on your experiences and skills as a learner, • Builds evidence of your development, and can be used use both for reflection and as evidence in the future, such as when you apply for a job. • Employers in particular are interested in the depth and maturity that the reflective PDP process can help you bring to your application and interview.

10. Becoming more reflective: • Build on the way you reflect already. Try becoming more aware of how, when and why you reflect on things • Put time aside to reflect, even if only a few minutes, on a regular basis • Try using a structured approach. Use some of the questions as a starting point for developing your own methods • If you keep your own ‘reflective journal’, read it over on a regular basis – look for themes • Consider how whether you are reaching any short-term goals you set yourself as part of reflecting • Find approaches that suit you • Look for changes in yourself, your actions, attitudes, confidence • Recognise your achievements, however small they may seem

11. Reflecting on this study day! • Should we run a similar study day again? • Ideas for future topics • Any changes you would like to make? • Evaluation form • Certificate and an example of a reflection record form