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Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Health and Social Care

Applying reflection to care scenarios

HSC302 · Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care — Week 5 of 16

CourseHSC302
Week5 of 16
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This week’s topics

Applying reflection to care scenarios

  1. Structured reflective writing
  2. Critical incident analysis
  3. Identifying challenges
  4. Developing alternative strategies
  5. How to write a reflection for an assignment | Nursing UK
  6. How to write a critical reflection using Gibbs reflective cycle in clinical practice

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice.
  • 2.3 Explain how reflective practice can lead to improved ways of working.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice.

Study materials

Videos

  • How to write a reflection for an assignment | Nursing UK · YouTube · Claire Carmichael · 17 min · for registered students
  • How to write a critical reflection using Gibbs reflective cycle in clinical practice · YouTube · Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia · 3 min · for registered students
  • 📝HOW TO WRITE AN A+ NURSING REFLECTION📝| episode seven - nursing 101 (step by step with example!) · YouTube · Charlotte Miriam · 16 min · for registered students
  • Reflection in Nursing · YouTube · Emergency Nursing · 9 min · for registered students
  • Reflecting on Practice using Gibbs · YouTube · Ivan Whitfield · 6 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Writing Guide, 20.5: Looking Back, Looking Forward · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 673–678 · for registered students
  • Educational Psychology (Seifert & Sutton), Appendix C: The reflective practitioner · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 351–376 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Roles, responsibilities, and professional boundaries
  • Week 2: National standards and codes of conduct
  • Week 3: Personal values and professional practice
  • Week 4: Introduction to reflective practice
  • Week 5: Applying reflection to care scenarios
  • Week 6: Evaluating own performance in practice
  • Week 7: Benchmarking knowledge and competence
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: The role of feedback in professional growth
  • Week 10: Support mechanisms for professional learning
  • Week 11: Personal development planning
  • Week 12: Applying Personal and Professional Development in Health an…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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