Johns’ Model for Structured Reflection (2006) Good for: Organisational model, examines situations in context of the environment. Provides prompt questions that are easy to follow, and…
Good for: based on the three “What? So what? Now what?” questions, but repeats these questions at three levels, with increasingly deeper reflection at each…
Driscoll model (1994) Good for: Organisational model. Easy to follow cued questions. Easy to remember when you’re out and about using the simple “What? So what? Now what?”…
Schön model (1991) Good for: Schön described reflection-in-action (in the moment surprise & puzzlement) and reflection-on-action (a cognitive post-mortem after the fact). Professional model: gaining professional artistry and increasing professional confidence.…
Good for: Basic starter? The reflective cycle. Consists of doing, asking how/why, making judgement,testing out, . Criticisms are: superficial reflection- no referral to critical thinking/analysis/assumptions or…
Gibbs reflective cycle (1988) Good for: Good old Gibbs. Basic, good starting point, six distinctive stages. Makes you aware of all the stages you go through…
Reflection is a necessary but ephemeral ability for all Occupational Therapists to develop. An inner sense of discomfort is part of completing a reflection…
There are many models of reflection, with Kolb (1984), Gibbs (1988) and Rolfe et al (2001) being some of the main ones. Most deal in…
Sackett et al. (1996) famously stated, “Evidence based medicine is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the…