You are required to write about an aspect of your PEP or an event that occurred

You are required to write about an aspect of your PEP or an event that occurred during your clinical practice and develop your thoughts using both theoretical understandings and personal reflections. The clinical situation you explore must involve you directly and not be a commentary about another person’s practice. This means that you might choose to write, at times, from the First Person. You will also need to integrate current literature to explore your understandings and to clarify how this experience has further informed your understanding of your role as a mental health nurse.
Reflective practice skills are required of mental health professionals to improve and develop their therapeutic use of self. Self-assessment and ongoing learning are integral requirements of professional accountability. It is important reflection is undertaken as an open and constructive process that achieves personal growth, provides support not criticism, and encourages inquiry and new learning.
The following model (Smyth Model of Reflection) outlines five sections that must focus on a clinical intervention that you have personally played a key role therefore it can not be an observation and account of someone else’s practice. The priority is that you reflect on YOUR skills, thoughts and knowledge. This is NOT a case study.