East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Knowledge and Library Services: Reflective Writing

Reflection Toolkit from the University of Edinburgh adapted from Gibbs reflective cycle

• Reflective Practice study skills from University of Cambridge

• HCPC Recognise, reflect, resolve: the benefits of reflecting on your practice.

• Reflective writing guide from Health Education England

Gibbs’ reflective cycle is a popular framework for reflection. The framework includes 6 stages of reflection and is illustrated below.

Source:  Gibbs, G. (1988). Learning by Doing. A Guide to Teaching and Learning Methods. Oxford: Oxford Brookes Further Education Unit.

Group reflection practice case study

Sole practioners' group case study example

Recommended Books available from the library ELMS catalogue

• Developing Reflective Practice by Andy Grant; Judy McKimm; Fiona Murphy. ISBN: 9781119064749. Publication year: 2017
• Becoming a Reflective Practitioner by Christopher Johns (Editor). ISBN: 9781119764748. Publication year: 2022

• The Reflective Practitioner by Donald A. Schön. ISBN: 1857423194. Publication year: 1994
• Reflective Writing: Pocket Study Skills Williams K, et al. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
• Reflective Practice: Writing and Professional Development Bolton G, et al. 5th ed London: Sage, 2018
• The Critically Reflective Practitioner Thompson S, et al. 2nd ed Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2018
• The Reflective Journal Bassot B. 3rd ed London: Red Globe Press, 2020