Reflecting for Revalidation with the Nursing and

Midwifery Council

Melaine CowardDirector of Health Sciences Education

University of Surrey

m.coward@surrey.ac.uk

19th June 2015

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Aims

• To consider what is meant by reflection for revalidation

• To support you to see the purpose of reflection

• To reiterate that reflection is not always an academic exercise but it is a professional way of being

• To review reflections for revalidation through discussion

What is reflection?

• Learning from experience (John Dewey)

• Models / frameworks

• Way of being (Gillie Bolton)

• Using knowledge and experience (by noticing) for thinking

How to reflect?

• On-Going

• Notice (significant)

• Think

• Learn / Develop

“Reflective Practice is a state of mind, an ongoing attitude to life and work, the pearl grit in the oyster of practice and education.”

(Bolton, 2014)

Winnie the Pooh – a master reflector

“Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it.”

(Milne, 1926)

Writing your reflections

Writing your reflections

Deanna Hodge – she’s very helpful!

2 reflections to share:

– NMC revalidation and The Code

– Cultivating compassion project – celebration conference

Outcomes and Actions 1

Reading Deanna’s pieces (1), I think…

Outcomes and Actions 2

Reading Deanna’s pieces (2), I think…

To summarise

• 5 reflections• Show an element of your

CPD or feedback from your practice

• Demonstrate your learning• Consider the change this

(may) make to your practice (or affirm good practice approaches)