Reflective Writing for Nursing, Health and Social Work

Elizabeth Tanguay is Lecturer at Swansea University's Centre for Academic Success and advises students on all aspects of their academic work. She has published on academic writing and second language teaching. Elizabeth has a PhD in Applied Linguistics and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Peter Hanratty is a lecturer with over ten years' experience in creating and delivering sessions on academic writing for students from a range of academic disciplines and has published in the areas of criticality, note-taking and writing academically. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Politics. Ben Martin is a freelance writer and also works as a lecturer in Swansea University's Centre for Academic Success, where he has more than five years' experience developing and delivering writing workshops for students of all levels. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Introduction
1. Types of reflective writing
2. What is reflection and why is it important?
3. The reflective writing journey
4. Capturing reflections while on placement
5. How to identify themes
6. Approaching reflective writing – frameworks, models and cycles
7. Planning
8. The style of reflective academic writing
9. Introductions for reflective assignments
10. Paragraphs for reflective assignments
11. Conclusions for reflective assignments
12. Theory to practice – first steps
13. Incorporating sources into your reflective writing
14. Writing critically & writing with flow
15. Editing and proofreading your reflective assignment
16. Reflective writing for professional development
Appendix 1: Examples of different types of reflective writing
Appendix 2: Punctuation guide
Appendix 3: Feedback glossary
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