I want to quickly talk to you about reflecting on your learning as this may be new to many of you. Reflection plays a very important part in learning on healthcare courses, especially at university. It helped me throughout my studies and it still helps me today. It allows me to think about what I did what happened why it happened what I felt about it what I would do differently. By doing this I can learn even more from my experiences and set goals for the future. It is also something that healthcare professionals continue doing throughout their career. The framework we used was designed by a Professor called Graham Gibbs in 1988 and is used by many universities and hospitals throughout the world. Gibbs created a reflective cycle that you can follow to help. It covers 6 stages: Description of the experience Feelings and thoughts about the experience Evaluation of the experience, both good and bad Analysis to make sense of the situation Conclusion about what you learned and what you could have done differently Action plan for how you would deal with similar situations in the future, or general changes you might find appropriate.