
As part of what this website was created for - here you should find directions on how to construct a good reflection. (Any feedback would also be welcome - get in touch!)
Reflective Practice Models
"Reflection is a process of reviewing an experience of practice in order to describe, analyse,
evaluate and so inform learning about practice,”
Reid (1993).
There are a number of different reflective models you can use, depending on what reflection you are constructing.

Davis Model
This model has 6 key points
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Describe - Describe the situation
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Reflect - Reflect on the experience, feelings, reactions or others
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Identify - Identify the main issues, questions, concerns, skills used etc
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Link Theory - From above, explain the relevance as to management
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Evidence it - Relate this to your theory, explain your justification here
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Develop practice - Discuss and analyse the practice, any learning points or other questions
The example above is based on the Davis Model.
Discroll's 'What' Model
What?
So what?
Now what?
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What happened?
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What did I do, see?
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What did others do?
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What is the purpose of reflecting?
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What were my reactions?

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Analyse the event
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How did I feel at the time?
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Are my feelings different now?
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What did others feel?
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What impacts did the things make I did/did not do?
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What positives emerge?
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What have I noticed about my practice?
"The more reflective you are, the more effective you are."
Hall and Simeral.
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What do I propose to do now?
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What are the implications for practice based on what I have now described and analysed for myself and other clinicians?
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What help do I need to action or review my results of reflections?
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How will I notice I am different in practice?
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Where can I get more information from, if I am faced with the same situation again?
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What is the main learning that I take from reflecting?
Gibbs' Model of Reflective Practice
Gibbs' has a straightforward approach to reflective practice with 4 simple steps.
DESCRIBE
What was the event, what happened?
EVALUATION
How did you feel about it?
ANALYSIS
What could be done differently? (Any issues?)
ACTION/CONCLUSION
What are you going to do?
John's Model
What was I trying to achieve?
“A window through which the practitioner can view and focus self within the context of his/ her
own lived experience in ways that enable him/her to confront, understand and work towards
resolving the contradictions within his/her practice between what is desirable and actual
practice,”
Johns (2000)
Aesthetics
Why did I respond the way I did?
Consequenses
How did I make the patient feel?
How did I know this?
Personal
How did I feel?
What factors influenced me?
Empirics
What knowledge did, or should have informed me?
Has this changed me?
How did my actions match my beliefs?
Ethics
Can I support others and myself better?
Reflexivity
What would the consequences be of alternative action to the patient, others and me?
How does this connect to previous experiences?
Could I handle this better in similar situations?