Borton's Development Framework
Original Editor - Michelle Lee
Top Contributors - Michelle Lee, Rucha Gadgil and Kim Jackson
Borton's Development Framework[edit | edit source]
Borton's development framework is a fairly straightforward and easy to implement reflective framework. This enables you to reflect without having the structure in front of you, therefore a favoured one of many health care professionals and advocated by professional bodies.
The framework was developed in the 1970's and essentially involves 3 questions only, which is what makes it appealing. [1]
What?[edit | edit source]
This questions prompts the reflector to describe what has happened by
- What were the roles of the people involved?
- What was my role?
- What were the problems
- What happened
- What did I do?
So What?[edit | edit source]
This is the analysis of the reflection.
- What was the outcome?
- What did you learn?
- What was important?
What Now?[edit | edit source]
This is one of the most important sections of a reflection. This section focuses on what will you do next / what does your learning experience mean for future practice?
- What do you need to do now?
- What were the consequences?
- How do you resolve the situation / improve the outcome?
- How will what have you learnt from this experience change your future practice? [2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ White S,Fook J, Gardner F. Critical Reflection in Health and Social Care. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2006
- ↑ Queen Mary University of London. Guidance on Reflective Writing. http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/mod/book/view.php?id=257889 [accessed 15 June 2016]
