One of the key
components to undertaking your chartership, revalidation or teaching
qualification is the R word should be central to what we do! One of the hardest
things which Emma comments on is time, I think we all reflect on what we do,
whether we had handled a situation badly or how we can do it better a second
time. Whether this process is written down or how you remember it is just
important to take time out to do it. Getting into the habit can be very
differcult, but what is more difficult to trying to remember what happened weeks
or months after the event. I think that it is a great way to be honest with
yourself - but try not to be too hard.
There are lots of
different ways of recording your thoughts, albeit whether it is a blog, diary or
just comments on a calendar. In the health sector, nurses are expected to be
constiatncly reflecting on their practice and so there are a lot of books on the
sheleves about this. I personally like Gibbs reflective cycle, as it shows that
it reflection is a constiant and one which we should be doing and using. One of
the things which I found useful is to try and take 20-30mins a week thinking
about what you have done and how if you were asked to do it again, what you
would do differently.
There is a great
word document reflective writing on the web which has come the university of
portsmouth, it is a great tool to help you think about the terminiology used to
help you think in a more reflective way, http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/studentsupport/ask/resources/handouts/writtenassignments/filetodownload,73259,en.pdf when
I do the chartership workshop for the Career Development I always show and point
leaners towards this.
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