Reflection and reflexion

No. 7 (July 2025) in the 'Mastery in Writing' series of articles: https://www.paramedicpractice.com/content/mastery-in-writing. This month, we are going to look at reflection and reflexive practice. You will all be familiar with reflecting on your own practice. Indeed, the HCPC requires you to ‘reflect on and review practice’ as a standard of entry into the profession. You will have been encouraged to reflect on interesting/unusual incidents or incidents that ‘went wrong’. Usually, this type of reflection involves a large descriptive element of what happened, some consideration of how you felt about aspects of this at the time, possibly some brief analysis of key events and some action planning from what you learned and how you may manage things differently if you encounter this type of incident again. This is basic reflection. To move forward in level 7 study, there are many other aspects to consider. Remember, description is not needed in the main text of academic submissions. Description of events needs to be presented as a case study within an appendix where possible (check with your institution that they allow appendices or ask where they would like the descriptive elements).