To Get You Started, Here Is Some Information on Understanding the Reflective Cycle And

Continuing Professional Development Reflection
Written Article/Resource, Reflective Activity /

To get you started, here is some information on understanding the Reflective Cycle and the importance of it in your CPD journey:

Structured reflection is the process of thinking about your practice at the time (reflection-in-action) or after the event (reflection-on-action) or before the event (reflection-for-action’) and doing something with these thoughts such as writing about them or discussing them with your peers (Teate, Tierney Roth 2014 cited Atkins and Murphy, 1993).

Using the pictured Gibbs (1988) cycle, the questions in this document are aimed at helping you to reflect on your practice and the CPD you have undertaken from three different perspectives:

‘Pre learning’ - identifying your learning needs by acknowledging what you know and what you need to know before you start the CPD activity;

‘Immediate post learning’ - identifying what you have learnt/understood immediately post completion of the CPD activity; and

‘3-6 months later’ - identifying what might have changed in your practice following completion of the CPD activity.

You are encouraged to save this file and refer to it throughout your Registration year. You may also like to save it as a supporting file in your portfolio as evidence of your learning and reflection.

Remember this is your reflection.

There is no right or wrong way of completing the questions/sections. You will gain as much from this process as you are willing to put in.

RESOURCE DETAILS

Article/ResourceReference: / We suggest Harvard Author date referencing, or similar. See how to tips here
How accessed: / e.g. hard copy magazine/subscription/online
When accessed: / e.g. 21/10/2015
Time taken to complete: / e.g. 1 hour

Part A - Identifying Learning Needs

Reflection-for-Action: Using your professional competencies and standards of practice ( )explain how you think this article/resource will assist your learning needs and goals.

Describe why you have chosen to use this article/resource for your CPD.

e.g. why are you reading it, what do you expect to learn? Or are there areas of your practice you wish to improve or develop from this article?

PART B - To be filled in once you have read the article/resource
Reflection-in-Action: Consider the immediate impact of what you have read on your understanding and knowledge related to the topic. You may like to provide a description of the article/resource here, or you can keep a copy of the article/resourceor summary of it in your files.

Provide a summary of the article/resource:

What has been the impact of your learning – i.e.: what do you understand now that you didn’t before?

What will you do with what you have learned?

Do you need to learn more? Please outline further learning needs identified:

Part C - To be completed 3-6 months reading article/resource

Reflection-in-Action: Describe the impact that reading this article/resource has had on your practice and your learning plans/goals. Also reflect on the impact of your learning (undertaken 3-6 months ago) on your practice. Don’t forget to come back to this section to see what your intended goals were after completion of the article and determine whether you have met them.

Did you make a practice change or set a goal to learn more following reading this article/resource?

What action did you undertake?

Are there any barriers (professional or personal) preventing you from putting your learning into practice? How can you overcome them?

If you have had personal experience around this topic how might your experience influence your learning/professional practice as a midwife? (Eg the topic is breastfeeding: how has your personal experience of breastfeeding or infant feeding influenced your practice as a midwife, supporting mothers on their journey)

Please comment on any plans to monitor and re-evaluate the outcomes of the changes implemented:

NMBA Guide to CPD Requirements