BackgroundClinical supervision helps promote practitioners’ personal and professional development through fostering a supportive relationship working alliance. Peer group clinical is form of whereby two or more nurses engage in process to improve their practice provide quality care.AimTo explore the experiences from perspectives nurse supervisees, direct line managers, supervisors.MethodsA qual...

Group-based clinical supervision is commonly offered as a stress-reducing intervention in psychiatric settings, but nurses often feel ambivalent about participating. This study aimed at exploring psychiatric nurses' experiences of participating in group-based supervision and identifying psychosocial reasons for their ambivalence. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 psychiatric nur...

Group supervision was initiated in order to meet the training needs of psychiatric postgraduates. The experience of the group was surveyed at the end of one year. It was found that the use of groups as an adjunct to individual supervision was an eminently practical and acceptable method of facilitating training, accessing peer group support and auditing clinical care.

AIM Occupational therapists frequently undertake the role of practice educator contributing to the development of the future workforce, however, little is known about how they effectively perform this role. This study aimed to elucidate students' perspectives on what makes an excellent practice educator. METHOD Documentation for 124 Practice Excellence Commendations nominations by Queensland ...

Clinical supervision is the least investigated, discussed and developed aspect of clinical education (Kilminster & Jolly, 2000) despite being essential within initial professional training and mandated by governments. Even the basic concepts lack precision (Martin, Kumar, & Lizarondo, 2017; Milne, 2007; White, 2017). A popular form of supervision is peer supervision, especially peer group super...

Peer group supervision, particularly in multidisciplinary formats, presents a potential means of providing professional support, and specifically clinical supervision, for allied health professionals. Debate exists regarding the extent to which the activities of these groups should be formalized. Results drawn from an evaluation of a large-scale peer group supervision initiative are described. ...

OBJECTIVE Recent studies have recognised that the communication skills learned in the training environment are not always transferred back into the clinical setting. This paper reports a study which investigated the potential of clinical supervision in enhancing the transfer process. METHODS A randomised controlled trial was conducted involving 61 clinical nurse specialists. All attended a 3-...

AIM Clinical supervisors are appointed to ensure that medical trainees receive a satisfactory education, improve their academic orientation and develop professional attitudes. The aim of this study was to find out, from the paediatric trainee's perspective, how their clinical supervisor could best do that. METHODS We conducted in-depth interviews with seven paediatric trainees in a university...

Kolb’s experiential learning cycle includes concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. This paper first examines some preliminary questions concerning the rationale for exploring use of in supervision. theory, as well four supervision models compatible with his cycle, are reviewed. Guidelines suggested integrating clinical supervision, c...