Critically reflective practice and its sources: A qualitative exploration

• DOI: 10.1111/medu.14032
• Publication Date: 2020-01-08T19:24:42Z
• Authors: Stella L. Ng; Maria Mylopoulos; Emilia Kangasjarvi; Victoria A. Boyd; Sabrina Teles; Angela Orsino; Lorelei Lingard; Shanon Phelan
• Keywords: Reflective Practice; Critical reflection; Critical Incident Technique; Workaround; Reflection

Abstract Context Critical reflection may improve health professionals’ performance of the social roles care (eg collaboration) in indeterminate zones practice that are ambiguous, unique, unstable or value‐conflicted. Research must explore critical and how it is developed. In this study, we explored what consisted a context known for indeterminacy, to sources participants attributed their critically reflective insights approaches. Methods The study was interface between education children with chronic conditions disabilities necessitating health‐related recommendations supports accommodations equipment) at school. We conducted secondary analysis 42 interview transcripts from an institutional ethnographic involving professionals, school‐based educators parents disabilities. coded all instances reflection, moments seemed lack but could benefit participant‐attributed insights. Results Critically involved getting know other, valuing leveraging different forms knowledge, identifying communicating workarounds (ie strategies circumvent imperfect systems), seeing inequities, advocating as collaborators, not adversaries. Participants invariably personal experiences such former careers close relationships. Conclusions This shows connections inspire views, being binary trait possessed (or not) by individuals. It learnable through personally meaningful experiences. Health professions aim preserve philosophical space experience source learning integrate evidence‐informed approaches foster practice.