Healthcare professionals are required to be lifelong learners – a process that relies on reflection. Some of the most fundamental questions in the reflection process are:
a. What do I know?
b. What do I need to learn?
c. How do I create a plan for improving my practice?
According to Donald A. Schon, reflection is “a dialogue of thinking and doing through which I become more skillful.” In this definition, thinking is described as “intentional cognitive thought” and doing is “action.”