Analysis of Reflection in Health and Social Care: A Practical Report

This report explores the significance of reflection within health and social practice, focusing on the application of reflective models and tools to enhance professional development. The report begins by outlining the purpose of reflection, emphasizing its role in self-assessment and continuous improvement. It then introduces and explains the CARL framework and Gibbs' reflective cycle, detailing their use in analyzing experiences and guiding the reflection process. The report also examines key practice themes, such as the importance of learning and locus of control, demonstrating how these elements contribute to a deeper understanding of professional roles and responsibilities within the healthcare environment. The conclusion summarizes the key findings and reinforces the value of reflective practices in fostering career growth and effective service delivery.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION
 PURPOSE OF REFLECTION
 MODELS AND TOOLS
 PRACTICE THEMES
 CONCUSION
 REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
 Bedford hospital is situated at Bedford, UK.
 It is controlled by NHS trust.
 It provides health and social services to people.
 This presentation will outline the purpose of reflection in health and social practice. It will
frame a model which is used for reflection.
 It will discuss practice themes used to underpin reflection in learning.

PURPOSE OF REFLECTION
 Reflection refers to process of identifying self learning and analyzing self participation and
improvement areas.

MODELS AND TOOLS
 CARL framework of reflection
 This tool is used to analyze the reflective nature to successfully answering the questions.
 CARL stands for context, action, results and learning.

CONT…
 Gibbs' reflective cycle
 It is famous model of reflection to gain experience from positive and negative outcomes.

PRACTICE THEMES
 Learning refers to a process of gaining knowledge and implement them in work place to
improve the performance.
 Practice themes are tools which are used to underpin reflection process to make learning
better.

CONT..
 Locus of control

CONCLUSION
 This presentation concluded by illustrating the purpose of refection in health and social
services.
 CARL framework and Gibbs' reflective cycle is framed to discuss reflection in health and
social practices.
 Different practice themes like confidence and locus of control are explained to have
growth in their career.

REFERENCES
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 Franks, T.M., 2016. Purpose, practice, and (discovery) process: When self-reflection is the
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 Schedlitzki, D., 2019. Developing apprentice leaders through critical reflection. Higher
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 Smith, T.L., 2018. Reflection of Professional Nursing Growth Through E-Portfolio.