From: Grading reflective essays: the reliability of a newly developed tool- GRE-9
Item | Not attempted | Partial | Full |
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1. What happened? Guidance: State the main features of the event: persons involved, timing, place, setting, how all persons concerned acted/behaved | 1 | ||
2. What is special about this event? Guidance: State clearly the reason for choosing this event in particular. In-depth description of the dilemma, conflict, challenge posed by the event | 1 | ||
3. Feelings when it happened Guidance: Describe personal thoughts and feelings while the event was happening, emotional insight and empathy | 2 | ||
4. What was the outcome for the concerned? Guidance: Concerned include patient, significant others, health professionals, health system, society. Empathetic reflection | 2 | ||
5. Understanding of the event Guidance: Express what was good and bad about the experience; interpretation of the situation at present with justifications (factors/ knowledge influencing judgment) | 2 | ||
6. Congruence of actions and beliefs Guidance: Does the resident think he acted as per his beliefs? Was there anything that held him back from applying his beliefs? Reflection-on-action | 2 | ||
7. New thoughts and feelings after reflection Guidance: Describe resident’s new thoughts and feelings after reflecting on the case. Making meaning and analysis of the thoughts and feelings | 2 | ||
8. Reference to old experience and others Guidance: Compare to other situations, experience, others involved, and known events and facts, preferable to have reference | 2 | ||
9. How this incident will affect future role Guidance: If it arose again, how would the resident act? How did this experience change the practice for the better? Transformative learning, development of new viewpoint of the situation | 2 | ||
Total score | 16 |