‘Reflection is a means of working on what we know already, and it generates new knowledge…’ (Moon, 2005, p.1) ‘Reflection is a form of mental processing that we use to fulfill a purpose or to achieve ...

This article presents a few key pieces of advice from Community Care Inform Children’s guide to critical reflection. The full guide explores what critical reflection entails and outlines three models ...

Being good has never been good enough, there is always room for growth. As a classroom educator, the more I thought about my practice, the more I knew I had to try harder or maybe not harder, but ...

Reflection is a key aspect of revalidation and plays a key role in patient safety. Reflecting on professional reading is a useful way of relating theory to clinical practice and keeping up-to-date ...

Ludwig Wittgenstein was once asked, “What is your aim in philosophy?” His answer: “To show the fly the way out of the fly bottle.” The goal is not to provide more rules or better solutions, but to ...

Julie-Ann MacLaren, MA, BSc, RGN, DipN, is Macmillan lecturer/practitioner;Mary Woods, BSc, RGN, OncCert, is senior clinical nurse specialist;Jenny Smith, RGN ...