Role of Reflection in Health and Social Care Practice

EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF
REFLECTION IN HEALTH AND
SOCIAL CARE PRACTICE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
LO1..................................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
P1 Purpose of reflection in health and social care..................................................................3
P2 models of reflection...........................................................................................................4
Illustration 1: Gibbs reflective cycle......................................................................................5
M1 ways in which reflective practice is applied....................................................................5
D1 personal reflection in personal and professional development.........................................6
LO2..................................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................6
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................6
P3 practice themes in underpinning reflection.......................................................................6
P4 link between performance indicator and practice themes.................................................8
M2 Plan..................................................................................................................................8
D2 Effectiveness of plan in supporting development...........................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

LO1
INTRODUCTION
As reflective practice is one of the most integral part in the life of healthcare professionals
which helps them to excel in their career thus it becomes highly essential to apply it in the
healthcare environment. Study will explain aim of reflection and it will explain various models
of reflection.
MAIN BODY
P1 Purpose of reflection in health and social care
Reflection plays an important role within healthcare and social care practices and this is
vital for the success. Reflective practice is basically the way of explaining and studying own
experiences for improving way and style of working. It is highly crucial for the healthcare
professionals and thus increases their overall learning. The major purpose and aim of carrying
out the reflective practice in health as well as social care is that it helps to improve as well as
enhance the professional skills. There are large number of professionals skills which are required
to be present within healthcare professionals in order to perform their work with greater
efficiency. Thurs, through the help of personal reflection these professionals come to know the
skills as well as abilities in which they lack behind which are highly necessary to deal with
various sensitive issues (Redmond, 2017). Reflection basically provides an imperative and well-
through way through which healthcare professionals are able to exploit the various opportunities
for their personal growth and thus enables them to devise plans for making improvement in
various segments. The main objective of carrying out the reflection is that it increases the level
of confidence within healthcare professionals and thus makes the highly proactive. For example-
upon reflection, when professionals or nurses finds out that their communication skills with the
patient are not highly shaped then they try to devise strategies for improving this skill and thus a
high level of confidence is generated within them and provide them the strength for dealing with
various situations effectively. For example- a nurse when notices their senior doctors as how
they are performing their work and what are the ways they are using for care-giving then this
helps them to reflect upon their skills and thus increases their experience of performing
effectively when similar situation occurs with them.

P2 models of reflection
Reflection plays a vital role in health and social care and thus helps the healthcare
professionals to reflect upon their skills and improve them. There are are various reflective
models which are used in this area and helps the professionals to increase their learning ability.
Gibbs model
This is one of the most significant as well as remarkable model which is being used by the
professionals for reflecting upon their experiences. This model consists of 6 stages
Description
This is the first stage in model which mainly involves describing the situation or event.
For example- a patient is suffering from last stage of the dementia and thus requires extensive
care and support for mentally reeving the person. The patient was highly reluctant in taking
medication and have forgotten even the family members (Lanham and et.al.,2016).
Feelings
This is the second stage and thus describes the feeling as well as emotions which are
being triggered in view of the given event or situation. For example- the nurse during the whole
event where patient suffering from dementia felt highly intimidated as it was her first case to deal
with this kind of patient. She was highly anxious (Banks, 2016).
Evaluation
This is the third stage in which the individuals normally asks from themselves that
whether the whole event and experience was good or bad. In this, the professionals evaluate that
what was good during whole event and which approach was highly effective, their contribution
etc. For example- in case of patient suffering from dementia find out that communicating with
the patient is highly effective strategy in order to cure them. She observed that continuously
interacting with patient helps to generate positive vibes (Houghton and Tucher, 2018).
Analysis
This is the fourth stage in which what the individual have learned from overall situation
or event is assessed and analyzed. This consists of positive or negative things which has been
experienced during the entire event. For example- in dementia patient, nurse learned that her
communication skills are not well-developed due to which she is not able to interact with patient
and her family effectively (Collington and Fook, 2019).