Reflection is a process of analysing an experience and evaluating one’s actions during the event or considering the effect the event may have had on the individual. It is critical in improving medical practice as it enables clinicians to learn from mistakes, advance their skills and assess their personal wellbeing. Since reflection enables improvement, it is an integral feature of lifelong learning, a key component of a career in Medicine. It also improves the ‘quality of care for patients’ (MDU 2022) and in this way can aid the doctor-patient relationship. Without reflection, mistakes may reoccur or ‘remain disjointed and worthless’ (Artioli 2021) since changes to improve systems will not be implemented.