Dr James Field PFHEA School of Dental Sciences Developing a reflection toolkit for Professional Development Dr James Field PFHEA School of Dental Sciences Dr Rosa Spencer Professional Development Manager Dr Richard Young Independent Consultant

Your thoughts…. Toolkit development Potential utility of the toolkit in your own institution

96% 2% 80% Questionnaires Focus groups felt that reflection is important Questionnaires Focus groups 2% currently use a framework for reflection yet only 80% & would find a reflection tool useful

Reflection: our approach Learning from our experiences But what makes reflection different from implicit learning? Making the most of those experiences Appreciating alternative viewpoints Considering alternative actions and outcomes Revisiting those thoughts, alone and with others, in a secure way

What did you do? Provide a clear record of the 'event‘: Include your intentions, and describe your practice What prompted your approach? What happened? Consider your own and others' viewpoints and feelings - put yourself in their shoes What impact did the learning technologies have on your activity? How will you evaluate this activity later? What evidence do you need? What could you have done differently? Learning points - Please propose at least one action that you can take forward

Stay Sharp. Bring your practice into focus Record Map Reflect Share Export reflectiontoolkit.org

Findings “ I used it as a 'lever' to get me to formalise my reflections, which otherwise I would not have done It definitely helped me capture learning from the activities I logged and provided an agenda for future work ”

Further development & other frameworks

Further development & other frameworks Record offline Voice memo & photo tagging Customised reflection screens Review entries & action points Customisable reminders Securely sharing with others

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Table 7: a reflection toolkit for professional development what were the key points from the presentation? Links to UKPSF Integrated with dimensions of practice Guides reflection on L&T events Independent system and secure Dashboard to track progress what were the key points from the discussion? Brilliant visuals Maintaining depth of reflection(s) How do students interact with the toolkit Does it improve outcomes? Can evidence soon Timely How to prevent the toolkit being linear - app intelligence for cycles of learning "What prompted your approach" can link back to previous learning outcomes...