Reflection in Health and Social Care: Referencing and Plagiarism

This report delves into the critical role of reflection within the health and social care sector, emphasizing its importance for continuous learning and professional development. It examines the significance of referencing in academic writing, elucidating its connection to plagiarism and how proper citation prevents it. The report also includes a personal reflection on the author's experiences in healthcare, highlighting the challenges and rewards of working as a nurse, including the application of person-centered and holistic approaches to patient care. Furthermore, the report explores the benefits of reflection, using Kolb's Model of Experiential Learning to illustrate how reflection enhances skills and improves practices in health and social care. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the concepts, supported by examples and analysis, offering valuable insights for healthcare professionals and students alike.

Reflection In Health And
Social care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Formative assessment......................................................................................................................1
What does referencing mean in academic writing......................................................................1
What is referencing about...........................................................................................................1
Link between referencing and Plagiarism...................................................................................1
What is Plagiarism and how does referencing prevent it............................................................2
Personal reflection project...............................................................................................................3
Work I do in social and health care university............................................................................3
Importance of reflection in health and social care project...............................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References. .....................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
This project report will cover importance of referencing in academic writing. Academic
writing depends more on written ideas and experience of authors. It uses ideas and research from
other sources like books, journals, websites, articles and many more. In this project report it is
also going to discuss what referencing about and the link between referencing and plagiarism.
Plagiarism is the practise that shows taking of someone's else ideas and pass them in your own
report.(Thompson, 2017.) Furthermore, importance of health and social care is also going to
discuss in this report.
Formative assessment.
What does referencing mean in academic writing.
Referencing plays an important role in academic writing. Generally academic writing
depends more on written ideas and experience of authors. It uses ideas and research from other
sources like books, journals, websites, articles and many more. These sources used to get support
from author's ideas so that it help writer to discuss, analysis, or to critic from other sources.
Referencing which used in report helps reader to show that from where author get ideas to write
that report.(Knight, and et.al ., 2018.) It helps to avoid plagiarism and enable reader if they want
original content to work. Is also helps reader to show dated information of written content. In
academic wring referencing in report helps to validate arguments which written by author. It also
gives credit to original author for views and ideas they share in their own report.
What is referencing about.
Referencing is a term which allow writers to write and acknowledge contribution of other
writer in their report. But the report which is written must contain Citation in their report which
shows proof from where report has been written. It is an evidence which shows that from which
support assignation has been written. By doing these in research report work of particular scholar
have been appreciated and it is way to provide respect in their intellectual property write. By
providing referencing in report is a way to show marketer that writer are aware of the field on
which report is written.
Link between referencing and Plagiarism.
All academic work created with help of previous scholars. But to show other from where
report has been written clear and accurate referencing is to be done in the research report of the
writer. Plagiarism is the practise that shows taking of someone's else ideas and pass them in your
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own report. If a person taking content of someone else report and does not provide details of
writing report and words are exactly matching with someone's else report where rephrasing of a
sentence is not done by person then plagiarism came in report writing.(Williams, and Device,
2017) Plagiarism is known to a serious offence if proper referencing has not been providing in
writing research report. Plagiarism in referencing can be avoided by planing and managing work
and paraphrasing needs to be in their own words and that would completely be different from
author's text.
What is Plagiarism and how does referencing prevent it.
Plagiarism is the practise that shows taking of someone's else ideas and pass them in
your own report. It is always easy to write someone's report content but not easy to get trap in
plagiarism. It is known to be an act of fraud which leads to serious offence sometimes.
Plagiarism also occurs when report is giving incorrect information about the source which is
mentioned. It also occurs when you copy media from other website and paste it in your own
report, same is the case with coping video. There are 6 ways from where plagiarism can be
avoided.
Paraphrase.
It can be done by reading author's text and write it in own words if particular information
has been found. In doing rephrasing make sure that more than two words will not be repeat in
one sentence.
Citing.
It is known to an effective way to avoid plagiarism in sentence. By doing this full
knowledge of particular author has been provided to readers so that if they want original content
in their work they get from the citation which is provided in report.(Ahmed, and et.al ., 2017.)
Referencing.
It is the most important way to avoid plagiarism in report. By doing referencing in
research report plagiarism can be avoided because it is including in plagiarism, particular
information about author and date of publication is provided in referencing by which intellectual
property write of the author can not avoid.
Quoting.
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Use quote exactly in way that is prepared in giving some source. Scholar should have
ability to rephrase materials from which report is being preparing. It is a time taking process but
impact of efforts pays when correct rephrasing is done after avoiding plagiarism.
Cite your own material.
While writing a report, sentence that are prepared in their own language are need to be
cite so that it like all no one can able to copy but self- plagiarism is not acceptable in own report
too.
Personal reflection project.
Work I do in social and health care university.
About last year I started my career in becoming nurse in Babigon hospital. I choose to
become nurse because I feel that it was most appreciated work that I can hold in my career
growth. To start career in nurse one must have patience in their own personality and level of
wellness to perform best in job. I worked in NHS organisation as assistant nurse where my role
was to support senior doctor or staff in providing treatments to patients. When I decided to start
my career in nursing I analysed ways which required to become a good nurse in health care
organisation. As a nurse I have to understand patient needs and wants of the patient so that I can
educate them about how to improve their health in particular situation. When patients comes in
hospital with new illness they are so confused about the amount of information so I take some
time to explain them about diagnosis and how particular disease affected them and what are the
diagnosis they have to gone through.
At very first day I was so nervous and thinking myself about whether I am able to do that
job or not but by the time I adjusted my self in that working environment achieve my growth in
chosen career. I analysed how other staff are working and by the help of staff and top authority
adjusted my self in the organisation. My weakness is that I easily get stressed with high work
environment to manage this situation I work on my self to improve my weakness so that I am
able to handle every situation easily and clammily.
My first aim is to become registered nurse to explain current position of patient in their
treatment so that they prepare their mind and make changes according to situation. I improved by
communication skills so that I take care of treatment process which is to be communicated with
patient and to see whether patient is following their medical protocols in proper time or not.
Communication skills is had to be there in every nurse of the hospital because my personal
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experience says if your communication skill is not good then you cannot handle every patient in
the hospital. First area in which I work is critical care nurse where I have take proper care of
patient because family members of patients are not allowed in that care. Sometimes I worked for
double shift in hospital because patients needs sometimes extra care.
I believed in ethical values therefore I apply that in my behaviour as well. I know that
every patient and their family members visit doctor for treatment they become aggressive
because of stress which they have in their mind, so to handle every patient I take care that I do
not speak anything which hurt their feelings and makes them disappointed in doing their
treatment.
I in my personal view also apply person centred therapy so that I discuss more
information about what type of illness making disturbed to patient. By discussing it more to them
they will be able to find solution at their own in some point which makes them happy and to feel
comfortable in hospital. This approach helps me to develop trust between patients so that they
speak openly about their illness in front of me and I can convey it doctors which helps them to
cure that illness.
I also applied holistic approach so that I can take care of all aspects of the patients and
discussing it thoroughly with them. I helped me to provide them the best care to see that whether
they are taking proper care of their illness or not or whether they are taking their medical in time
or not. This approach helps me to understand specific illness of patient and not about their entire
body illness. This all approach I applied helped a lot to measure my performance in providing
best services to patients as well as to hospital.
I regularly talk with doctor about the treatment running in patients so that they guide me
best about what precaution I had to take while giving them that specific medicines which is
written by doctors for patient. I also take proper care of what patients family members are giving
food to them if I feel that food which is provided is not hygienic for patient then I provide it from
hospital itself.
These are my personal experience I get from doing job in nursing so now I took the
decision to go foreword in this career which develop my personal skills which helps me to learn
how to handle person in real as well as in professional life.
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Importance of reflection in health and social care project.
Reflecting practises enhance continuous learning which reflect one's action of doing work
in health and social care. It is also considered to be gaining new insights in own personality by
developing self practises. It can be said as art of teaching and learning, because main aim is to
aware about professional knowledge and implement them in particular situation. It increases
persons ability to solve particular situation when arise. (Suter. and Suter, 2018.)
For challenging and improving practises health and social care is essential. Reflection is health
care provides a way for health care workers to deal with issue they are facing. To decide about
appropriate care taken or not reflection helps in giving opportunity to look at that stage. To
discuss its importance and benefits we will discuss it with Kolb's Model Of Experiential
Learning.
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Illustration 1: reflective cycle
source: (getting started with reflective practises,2018)

It a model which shows learning process in reflection. To develop every time new skills
or practise this models helps to developed that quality for personal development. Here are the
benefits which helps in reflection.
Concrete experience.
Learning can be develop when a person experienced it first. So it is important for a
person to think in detail about what learning skills is to be developed so that there work will
improve in their working sector.(Cushion,2018.) In health sector there are tremendous
opportunities for worker to learn something new on daily basis.
Reflective observation.
To learn something and event has taken place so now its time to think in details that what
are the perspective of that work and how it can be improved. In this observation it is the time to
think about understanding of the situations and to think what perspective users want from the
workers. This helps in observing reflection in your own work.
Abstract conceptualisation.
It is the process where worker have thing what perspective to think and experience in
details. They also have thought about theories, and practises that applied while doing interaction
with the patients in health care. Think about what was the situation and how it impacts on
patients in health care. Then apply models and theories which helps in improving situation in
health care.
Active experimentation.
By analysing various ways to improve and to change situation it is the time to apply that
model in doing work so that it helps in improving reflection of health and social care. After
applying that theories outcomes is to be compared to analysis changing practises.
These are the practises given by Kolb's Model Of Experiential Learning. Some more
importance in health care are.
Reflective practises are required at all levels of regulatory bodies of health care
professionals. Its completely choice for the health care professionals whether to adopt reflective
practises or not.(Gorli and et.al 2017.) Reflection helps in developing of practises in clinical
settings. This helps professionals to face clinical challenges and to develop practises which
improve practises and provide best services to patients of social and health care. This improve
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their interpersonal relationship in their work practises. In addition to this, self-awareness which
in turn, encourages the worker to engage in more effective relationships with service users.
Reflection practise is term which helps in improving quality of their work and to look at
their own work. Reflection is considered to be as important activity, as it allows person to
explore as well as capture various growth opportunities. Persons particular strength and
weakness can also be measured with the help of reflection and enhance areas which are to be
developed in their own practises. Reflection practices improves self awareness in persons which
doing practises which helps to develop their professional development and to grow in their
career. In context of health and social care, effective performance management, self-evaluation
can build the skills and expertise of all staff, not least by identifying and sharing good practice.
Reflective practises encouraged developing innovation practises which help in improving
working criteria in health sector. Innovation in reflection can only be develop when a person has
that much of abilities to learn something new regularly and to innovate that in their own
development.(Glasby,2017.) Reflection gives future personal growth, this only when a person
continuously develop ideas to improve in professional development and work which help them
to grow in their career which leads to future growth. It helps in handling situation which comes
sudden in health and social care.
Reflection practises develops human relation in workplace of social and health care
because workers by improving their practises makes good relationship with their top authority in
the sector. It helps a person in setting the goals, providing evidence of improvement. In addition
to this, reflective practices can be considered to be as an appropriate technique to measure the
cognitive aspects of an individual through self-assessment. Reflective practices are considered to
be as a key component of emotional intelligence. It is an appropriate technique for developing
understanding about self. Here are some points which perfectly describe reflective practises.
 Self- awareness
 personal growth
 self – assessment
 intra-personal awareness
 reflective dialogue
 critical evaluation
 Self analysis of performance.
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These are some importance of reflection in health and social care which develop by every
individual to improve their qualities of doing work.
Conclusion.
From the above study it can be concluded that referencing plays an important role in
academic writing. In this report three different parts are discussed, in the first part of the report
formative assessment is done on what referencing is about and what is plagiarism. Link between
referencing and plagiarism is also discussed with proper measure to cure plagiarism in report. In
the second paragraph of report personal reflection is done on working in social and health care
and in the last paragraph of this report importance of reflection in health and social care is
discussed with providing some points which gives their importance.
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Cushion, C.J., 2018. Reflection and reflective practice discourses in coaching: a critical
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Gorli, M. and et.al 2017. In search of the ‘structure that reflects’: promoting organizational
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