Introducing physiotherapy students to the idea of ‘reflective practice’

Absence of precise definitions of such terms as 'reflection' and 'reflective practice' may result in reluctance to explore methods of introducing the underlying ideas to students. In this paper some views on meaning are considered and reflection is introduced to a group of physiotherapy students as a tool in active learning. Transcripts of the students' reflections during a pre-clinical and a clinical experimental learning exercise are presented and discussed.