Reflective Account of a Critical Incident in Healthcare Professional Practice

THE HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONAL

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 3
Description............................................................................................................................... 3
Evaluation ............................................................................................................................... 5
Analysis................................................................................................................................... 6
Conclusion............................................................................................................................... 7
Action plan ............................................................................................................................. 8
REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................... 10

·INTRODUCTION
Reflective practice is defined as a systematic enquiry that an individual undertakes to
improve and deepen his/ her understanding of practice. This is undertaken in an organized
manner. The present report is a reflective account of a critical incident. The structure of this
reflective account will comprise of description of the incident, evaluation, analysis followed by
conclusion. Lastly, an action plan will be made. Gibbs reflective cycle is a framework that
assists in examining experiences and allows the users to learn and develop plans for things that
went well and those that did not go well. It consists of 6 stages that provide an efficient way of
working through an experience. These are description, feeling, evaluation, analysis, conclusion
and action plan. Gibbs reflective cycle is important as it assists the individual to develop a
systematic thinking about his exoerences during a specific situation. In this way this models
helps in understanding and adopting better ways of dealing with a similar situation in future
(Bassot, 2015). It, thus assists individuals to make betterments in their practice.
However, a disadvantage of Gibbs model is that it provides superficial reflection and is
therefore, less useful for personal and professional development. Also, it may be a challenging
task for some people to open up and discuss their feelings. In addition to this, Gibbs model
application would require an expert practitioner or coach to guide an individual through the
process. But Gibbs model of reflection is important for students in health and social care
(Hangreaves and Page, 2013). It provides them with an opportunity of reviewing the effects as
well as consequences of their behaviors. With the help of this model, health and social care
workers and professionals can identify their role in an incident and develop an understanding
about the ways in which the incident could be avoided. Further, using these insights, they can
develop a plan of action to guide them with their development. In this way, Gibbs model help in
improvement of the care services being provided to the service users (Monrouxe and Rees,
2017). It also assists the students as well as professionals to roved safe and effective evidence
based care.
l壱Description
I was attending a lecture on diversity and the lecturer assigned a team activity to the
students. The class was divided into different teams. I was a part of team that comprised of 6
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