Nurses and service managers in a community trust were asked to evaluate a training course designed to help them implement the trust's clinical supervision policy. The audit identified several patterns of clinical supervision emerging within the trust. The author discusses the benefits of these to patients, staff and the organisation and draws some recommendations for nurses involved in implemen...

Background: Clinical supervision has gained wide recognition in recent years as an essential component of a practitioner’s continuing professional development. However, confusion exists in professional literature regarding the most effective models, styles, processes and methods of clinical supervision. Aim: This article outlines the elements required to establish and sustain an effective clini...

Ongoing professional development is a mandatory component of a nurse's license to practice. One such opportunity to engage in professional development is through clinical supervision. Clinical supervision is a formal arrangement embedded within a structure aimed at supporting staff and enhancing outcomes for both clinicians and service users. Disciplines Medicine and Health Sciences | Social an...

Introduction: Obtaining clinical competency in clinical educationis one of the problems in nursing and use of the new methods ofclinical training is very important. Clinical supervision is one ofthe methods used as a mechanism to promote knowledge and skillfor promoting professional performance in nursing students. Thisstudy is carried out to determine the impact of clinical supervisionon field...

BACKGROUND Clinical supervision by a senior therapist is a very common practice in psychotherapist training and psychiatric care settings. Though clinical supervision is advocated by most educational and governing institutions, the effects of clinical supervision on the supervisees' competence, e.g., attitudes, behaviors, and skills, as well as on treatment outcomes and other patient variables ...

We investigated South African clinical and counselling psychology supervisors’ (n=44) perceptions of supervision training, their experiences, perceived competence, confidence effectiveness in providing supervision. Results indicated that many supervisors prematurely engage responsibilities initiate prior to receiving formal training With limited regulatory guidelines available on practices Afri...

Nursing research increasingly calls for clinical supervision to support nurses and improve nursing practice. Despite this, clinical supervision is not well established in healthcare organisations. This paper employs a critical interpretive approach to review the clinical supervision literature. The review discusses the current debates and challenges exploring possible ways of moving beyond the ...

In spite of a wide recommendation of supervision in training and continuous education in mental health, professional literature on the problem is relatively scarce. Majority of publications listed in the data bases concern rather clinical supervision then specific psychotherapy supervision. Supervision has originated within psychoanalysis, as continuation of training analysis, to develop later ...

Objective The individually delivered Supervising for Home Safety (SHS) program improves caregivers' injury-related beliefs and supervision practices. The current randomized controlled trial used a group delivery in a community setting and assessed program impact, feasibility, and acceptance. Methods Caregivers of 2-5-year-olds were randomized to receive either the SHS or an attention-matched ...