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           Reflective Journal Template
           1. Description: what happened?     2. Feelings: what were you         3. Evaluation: what was good or 
                                              thinking about?                    bad about the experience?
            ◎ What, where and when?
            ◎ Who did/said what, what did 
                                               ◎ What was your initial gut        ◎ What pleased, interested or 
                 you do/read/see hear?
                                                    reaction                           was important to you?
            ◎ In what order did things 
                                               ◎ What does this tell you?         ◎ What made you unhappy?
                 happen?
                                               ◎ Did your feelings change?        ◎ What difficulties were there?
            ◎ What were the 
                                               ◎ How do you feel now?             ◎ Who/what was unhelpful? 
                 circumstances?
                                               ◎ What were you thinking?               Why?
            ◎ What were you responsible 
                                                                                  ◎ What needs improvement?
                 for?
           4. Analysis: what sense can you    5. Conclusion: what else could     6. Action Plan: what will you do 
           make of the situation?             you have done?                     next time?
            ◎ Compare theory and               ◎ What have you learnt for the     ◎ If a similar situation arose 
                 practice.                          future?                            again, what would you do?
            ◎ What similarities or             ◎ What else could you have 
                 differences are there 
                                                    done?
                 between this experience and 
                 other experiences?
            ◎ Think about what actually 
                 happened.
            ◎ What choices did you make 
                 and what effect did they 
                 have?
           Adapted from: Gibbs, G 1988, Learning by Doing: A Guide to                                @timallred
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           Reflective Journal Template
           1. What?                           2. So What?                        3. Now What?
                                               ◎ … does this tell me/teach        ◎ … do I need to do in order to 
            ◎ … is the problem/difficulty/ 
                                                    me/imply/mean about me/my          make things better/stop 
                 reason for being 
                                                    class/others/our                   being
                 stuck/reason for feeling
                                                    relationship/my patient’s          stuck/improve my 
                 bad/reason we don’t get on?
                                                    care/the model of care I am        teaching/resolve the 
            ◎ … was my role in the 
                                                    using/my                           situation/feel better/get on
                 situation?
                                                    attitudes/my patient’s             better/etc., etc.?
            ◎ … was I trying to achieve?
            ◎ … actions did I take?                 attitudes?
                                                                                  ◎ … broader issues need to be 
            ◎ … was the response of 
                                               ◎ … was going through my                considered if this action is to 
                 others?
                                                    mind as I acted?                   be successful?
            ◎ … were the consequences for 
                                               ◎ … did I base my actions on?      ◎ … might be the consequences 
                 the student? Myself? Others?
                                               ◎ … other knowledge can I               of this action?
            ◎ … feelings did it evoke in the 
                                                    bring to the situation?
                 student? Myself? Others?
                                               ◎ … could/should I have done 
            ◎ … was good/bad about the 
                                                    to make it better?
                 experience?
                                               ◎ … is my new understanding 
                                                    of the situation?
                                               ◎ … broader issues arise from 
                                                    the situation?
           Adapted from: Rolfe, G., Freshwater, D., Jasper, M. (2001). Critical                      @timallred
           reflection in nursing and the helping professions: a user’s guide
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                    Reflective Journal Template
                    1. Personal                                                                                         2. Ethics
                                                                                                                          ◎ Did I act for the best?
                      ◎ Why did I feel the way I did in this situation?
                                                                                                                          ◎ What factors (either embodied within me or  
                                                                                                                                   embedded in the environment) were influencing 
                                                                                                                                   me?
                    3. Emperics                                                                                         4. Reflexivity
                                                                                                                          ◎ Does this situation connect with previous 
                      ◎ What knowledge did or could have informed me?
                                                                                                                                   experience?
                                                                                                                          ◎ How could I handle the situation better?
                                                                                                                          ◎ What would be the consequences of alternative 
                                                                                                                                   actions?
                                                                                                                          ◎ How do I feel now about this experience?
                                                                                                                          ◎ Can I support myself and others as a 
                                                                                                                                   consequence?
                    Adapted from: Johns, C. (2000). Becoming a Reflective Practitioner: a reflective and                                                                                       @timallred
                    holistic approach to clinical nursing, practice development and clinical supervision.
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           Reflective Journal Template
           1. Experience                     2. Reflection                      3. Outcomes
                                              ◎ Attend to the behaviours,        ◎ With this new perspective on 
           Returning to the event, incident or 
                                                   ideas and feelings expressed       the event, incident 
           experience, describe what happened 
                                                   during the event, incident or      experience, what might you 
           considering:
                                                   experience                         change or do differently?
            ◎ Behaviour
                                              ◎ Evaluate the event in light of 
            ◎ Ideas
                                                   the experience, knowledge 
            ◎ Feelings
                                                   and experimentation
                                              ◎ What  can you make out of 
                                                   the experience?
           Adapted from: Boud, D., Keogh, R., Walker, D. (1985).                                    @timallred
           Reflection: Turning Experience into Learning
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