Reflective Practise

Reflective practice is where individuals revise their experiences to gain a new understanding. Donald Schon (1983) introduced the concept of reflection in practice. One of the ideas that Schon conceptualized was reflection in action. Reflection in action is the process where the clinician recognize a new problem and thinks about it while still acting. Reflective practice is where individuals revise their experiences to gain a new understanding. John (2017) describes how reflection allows practitioners to reflect on their actions, allowing them to break down barriers to further help improve themselves. Reflective practice can help a practitioner when they in a uncomfortable position. An example of this would be when a new intern is helping at a physiologist and accidentally injures the patient while helping them perform a exercise. The intern could perform reflective practice to revise on his mistake and become more confident. Reflective practice will allow me to learn in the future from my experiences, it will allow me to become a more confident health professional and will allow me to become more self aware of my actions. It will also allow me to become a more effective in engaging with the patient. By using reflective practice i will be able to more effectively treat my patients as I am more self-aware of my actions and what my actions can cause. I will be able to treat my patients with more openness to allow the patient to trust me and develop a therapeutic relationship with. Reflective practice will be a vital skill in my future as it will allow me to become a better practitioner