Medical professionals need quality clinical supervision to deliver excellent patient care. At every stage of their careers, doctors either receive or provide clinical supervision.
AMEE Guide No. 27: Effective educational and clinical supervision
The Medical Superguide PDF, 4586.67 KB outlines the following key aspects of Supervision:
- Supervision is part of good medical practice
- Patient safety comes first
- Supervision can be delegated but never abdicated
- Supervision is active
- Objectives of clinical supervision:
- Safe and quality patient care and treatment
- Supervisee learning
- Supervisee and supervisor development
- Clinical team building
- Supervisee welfare
Useful templates to support your clinical supervision sessions:
- Supervision Contract Example
- Clinical Supervision Agreement Example
- Notes on Supervision Session Example
- Supervision Log Example
- Supervision Feedback Form Example
- SMART Goal Template Example
- Reflective Practice Template Example
HETI has resources available for hospital managers such as DPETs and other administrative staff who are responsible for the education and training of Junior Doctors in their hospital. In the first instance please refer to the HETI Publications page, in particular the following resources may be useful:
- The DPET Guide PDF, 3505.03 KB
- The JMO Managers Guide PDF, 2279.9 KB
- Trainee in Difficulty PDF, 1092.86 KB
- Unified Education Series PDF, 513.7 KB
- HETI online
- Medical Managers Training Program
- Unacceptable Behaviour in Medicine
- Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association Mentoring Framework
- Suggested Online Learning Modules – DPET Orientation PDF, 48.47 KB