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Five prompts. Short, honest, connected to real work. Not an essay about feelings alone.
Reflection is how you turn work into learning. It is your account of what happened, what you made of it, and what you will do next.
It is not independent proof that you were competent. It becomes stronger when it sits next to a log, an observation, feedback or a completed piece of improvement work.
Answer each prompt in a few sentences. Skip a prompt only if it truly does not apply.
A reflection without a next step is a diary. A next step without a later record is a wish.
Write as if a supervisor might one day read it — because they might, if you share or export it.
Do not blame named colleagues. Do not include patient, family or colleague identifiers. Do not copy a generic paragraph you found online. If two reflections could be swapped without anyone noticing, they are too thin.
If you would not want anyone to read it, do not write the reflection. Elaryvo is not a private diary. You do not need to document every feeling or every episode.
For why reflection is not confession, the Elaryvo Reflection Cycle (notice, describe, explore, learn, act, review), reflecting on success, and when no change is required, see /learn/reflective-practice.
Enough: you learned something from work you already have on the record (a log, teaching session, M&M, course).
Not enough on its own: claiming independent practice, claiming competence in a procedure, or filling a pathway gap that asks for observed assessment or feedback.
Open Evidence and choose a reflection, or add reflection text to the Evidence Record for that activity. For repeated learning, use a Development Log. Link it to the original activity rather than starting a disconnected essay.