Critical Reflection in Practice

A Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals

Gary Rolfe (Author) , Dawn Freshwater (Author) , Melanie Jasper (Author)

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Critical Reflection in Practice

A Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals

Gary Rolfe (Author) , Dawn Freshwater (Author) , Melanie Jasper (Author)

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Critical reflection and reflective practice are at the heart of modern healthcare. But what do these terms really mean?

This textbook analyses and explores the significance of reflection in professional health and social care practice. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book presents a structured method that empowers you to both challenge and develop your own practice.

New to this edition:
- Updated to reflect global developments in contemporary understandings of reflective practice
- A brand-new chapter on reflective and reflexive practice
- Engaging chapter exercises and 'key takeaway' features to reinforce and support learning

Containing real-life case studies and reflective activities, this book is an essential guide to critical reflection for all students, academics and practitioners alike, enhancing both personal and professional development.

Preface

Part I: Reflective and Reflexive Practice
Chapter 1 Towards a Critically Reflective Practice – Gary Rolfe
Chapter 2 Knowledge and Practice – Gary Rolfe
Chapter 3 Models and Frameworks for Reflection – Gary Rolfe
Chapter 4 Reflective and Reflexive Practice – Gary Rolfe
Chapter 5 Reflection-in-Action – Gary Rolfe

Part II: Modes and Methods of Critical Reflection
Chapter 6 Understanding Reflective Writing – Melanie Jasper
Chapter 7 Strategies for Reflective Writing – Melanie Jasper
Chapter 8 Clinical Supervision and Reflective Practice – Dawn Freshwater
Chapter 9 Reflective Supervision Groups – Gary Rolfe
Chapter 10 Using Reflection as a Tool for Research – Dawn Freshwater
Chapter 11 Education and the Reflective Practitioner - Gary Rolfe

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Product details

Published	02 Oct 2025
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	3rd
Extent	296
ISBN	9781350533424
Imprint	Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations	23
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Gary Rolfe

GARY ROLFE is Emeritus Professor of Nursing within…

Author

Dawn Freshwater

DAWN FRESHWATER is a British academic, university…

Author

Melanie Jasper

MELANIE JASPER was Professor of Nursing and Head o…

This book presents a comprehensive and enriched new scholarship of reflective practice, establishing it as a rigorous and systematic approach for nurse, health and social care practitioners to generate data, construct knowledge, and effectively integrate it into practice.

Stefanos Mantzoukas, Professor of Nursing, University of Ioannina, Greece
A comprehensive resource that meets the needs of a wide range of healthcare professions.

Sarah McNamara, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
The reflective pauses in each chapter are particularly helpful as they prompt readers to pause and consider the material they have just explored.

Margaret Ruddy, Lecturer in Nursing, University of Stirling, UK