Shah, NilimaGupta, PiyushSingh, Tejinder2025-05-092025-05-092024-08Shah Nilima, Gupta Piyush, Singh Tejinder . Reflection: A Tool for Learning and Assessment in Competency- Based Curriculum. Indian Pediatrics. 2024 Aug; 61(8): 771-7790974-75590019-6061https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/245715Reflection helps us learn from experiences, build good doctor-patient relationships and a professional identity. It also holds an important place in the competency-based curriculum as a tool for assessment, especially for competencies that cannot be assessed by conventional means. To embed reflection in the curriculum, we need to explicitly teach how to reflect, make it a habit by integrating it into the various curricular activities, assess reflections formatively, and provide an environment that allows guided reflections, taking care of ethical and emotional aspects. In the Indian scenario, reflection is taught in faculty development programs and as a part of short- term implementation projects. A more robust and nuanced effort is required to make reflection an inseparable component of the curriculum that will empower the graduates to be competent in the true sense.AssessmentCompetenceCritical thinkingProfessional identity formationJournal ArticleIndiaDepartment of Psychiatry, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College and SVPIMSR, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, IndiaDepartment of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaChair, Center for Health Professions Education, Adesh University, Bathinda, Punjab, India