Reflective writing in medical education

• DOI: 10.3109/0142159x.2012.716552
• Publication Date: 2012-08-30T04:44:46Z
• Authors: Philip Song; Rosalyn Stewart
• Keywords: Reflection; Reflective writing; Reflective Practice; Medical knowledge

Background: The teaching of reflection and the use reflective writing assignments is commonplace in medical school education. There a preponderance research education, which appraises discusses new ways reflection.Aims: Students often complain about having to write their experience with that patient. This work explores some reasoning between variability student acceptance education.Methods: method based on available literature as well personal perspective regarding education.Results: Reflection skill requires practice. It within explicit process education learners can be developed.Conclusions: includes take-home lesson from patient encounters. Its help become better physicians terms humanistic effectiveness support growth.