Transcript Slide 1
Delivering Excellence in Revalidation
Reflective writing
what, why and how……
Dr Nicol Vaidya
&
Jamie Parker
Aim
To encourage you to revise your theory of
reflective practice
Objectives
By the end of this workshop you will be able to:
• Explain the relevance of reflection to appraisal
and revalidation
• Practice different ways of recording reflections
• Create a reflection for your portfolio
Learning Kolb
styles
Honey & Mumford
Felder and Silverman's Index of
Learning Styles
VARK
Wise words….
“Teach me my most difficult concepts in my preferred
style.
Let me explore my easiest concepts in a different style.
Just don’t teach me all the time in your preferred style,
and think I’m not capable of learning.”
Reflective writing
- what, why & how?
- What is reflection?
- Why is this important for doctors?
- What sort of writing?
- How to write reflection
- Overcoming barriers
CME
Past requirements
for
Limitations of….no
requirement to
Record of attendance
at meetings and
courses
Any other work carried
out that had been
approved for CME
think about what you
expected to learn from a
meeting
reflect on what you have
learned
demonstrate that you had
put into practice what you
had learned
for any personal
development over the years
What is reflection?
• Looking at what we do and why
• Considering what happened in more detail
• Looking back on experiences
- attending to feelings
- recognising values, beliefs, motivation
• Examining more complex events
What is the role of reflection?
• Deepen our learning
• Relate our previous experiences to something
new
• Generate knowledge from unstructured
situations
Supporting evidence for revalidation
http://www.gmc-uk.org/Supporting_information_2_pdf_39974163.pdf
‘In discussing your supporting information,
your appraiser will be interested in what
you did with the information and your
reflections on that information , not simply
that you collected it and maintained it in a
portfolio.’
Your appraiser will want to know:Theme: What you think the supporting
information says about your practice.
Utility: How you intend to develop or modify
your practice as a result of that reflection.
Impact: Any changes made to your work as a
result.
Types of reflective writing
• Descriptive writing (not reflective)
- reports events
• Descriptive reflection
- give reasons based on personal evaluation or
judgement
• Critical reflection
- takes broader context into account
Critical reflection
‘I went to a grand round today when a patient
who received a massive transfusion after an
obstetric complication was presented.
This was extremely relevant to me because of
the recent guidelines issued in our Trust for
dealing with patients requiring massive
transfusion.
I will need to review our local protocols and
training in the light of these new guidelines…’
Let’s do some writing
• Write a short sentence or two about an
experience you had at work in the last week.
• Rewrite the sentence using descriptive reflection
(give reasons based on personal evaluation or
judgement)
• Add critical reflection which takes the broader
context of your work into account
In summary……..
• Write in the first
person
• Include thoughts
and feelings
• Consider perspective of
others involved
• Connect with relevant theory
• Show what you have learned
• Step back, explore • Show what you are going to
and analyse your
own role
do
• Go back to it later
Why could this be difficult for me?
• I’ve got awful handwriting
• A blank page frightens me
• I don’t like writing as an activity
• I can’t think of what to write
• English is not my first language
• I am dyslexic
• Habits
What can I do……….
• Practice freewriting
- lots of good websites / books
• Start a diary, use ‘post it’ notes
• Use a word processor
• Different techniques
- mind mapping (Tony Buzan)
- drawing diagrams/maps
A model for reviewing appraisee
reflections
ST
Situation or Task
A
Action
R
Result
Contact details:
[email protected] ;
[email protected]
Resources
• Leicester Structured
Reflective Templates
(LSRT)
• Association of Medical
Royal Colleges
• Supporting evidence for
revalidation
http://www.gmcuk.org/Supporting_informat
ion_2_pdf_39974163.pdf
Other resources:
• Free writing:
http://grammar.about.com
/od/fh/g/freewritingterm.ht
m
• Learning styles:
• VARK: http://www.varklearn.com/english/index.
asp
• Honey & Mumford:
http://www.peterhoney.c
om/content/learningstyle
squestionnaire.html
‘….as a man looks inwards he grows
…..as he looks outwards he only
dreams’
Carl Jung