Discussion Board for Occupational Therapy Students & Educators

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Reflective Journaling

We believe reflection following experiences has the potential to bring value and meaning to certain moments in our lives! Allowing ourselves the time to think back on experiences give us the learn from mistakes, reflect on high points of the experience, brainstorm different approaches, and so on!

"Reflective journaling is helpful for developing procedural reasoning, to understand the diagnosis and treatment techniques from the perspective of known categories or methodologies... Journaling as a tool to promote reflective learning helps students bridge the gaps between theory, academic knowledge, and practice, allowing them to analyze a situation, gain insights, and dialogue with educators... This article helps to illustrate a constructivist learning approach in which clinical reasoning skills are developed through reflective writing paired with discussion (Hanson, Larsen, & Nielsen, 2011)."




Hanson, D., Larsen, J., & Nielsen, S. (2011, April 25). Reflective writing in Level II fieldwork, A tool to promote clinical reasoning. OT Practice, 11-15. 

You can find this article in the OT Practice, April 25th 2011 Edition.

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