he template below, based on Gibbs (1998) reflective framework should be used to record your reflections on 3 critical incidents that have had a significant impact or made a particular contribution to your overall learning experience. Each reflection should be somewhere in the region of 500 – 750 words in length. You are permitted to use an alternative reflective model; however this should be clearly named and referenced. Please refer to the Harvard Referencing Guide for guidance on referencing technique.
Critical incidents must relate to episodes of patient care involving trauma or orthopaedic patients whose treatment involves a cast or splint.
Please give patient details (no name) age, sex, diagnosis, specific issues and patient assessment. Give a detailed account of the incident, including your thoughts and feelings at the time. Reflect on the result and your decisions with reference to literature & research findings. See below for more detailed information and examples of using the Gibb’sreflective model.
Reflections should demonstrate a deeper, more integrated consideration of the critical incident in the wider clinical context. A more advanced focus on understanding your experience of the chosen incident should be demonstrated by identifying specific factors that contributed to the experience and understanding the wider impact (actual or potential) of the incident on your own or others’ practice; or on patient safety. A clear application to practice should be demonstrated in the strategy for dealing with this or a similar incident should it arise in the future.
In order for your work to be considered as part of the overall assessment strategy please present this completed log and reflective accounts to the teaching team; and importantly to the examiner on the day of your OSCE