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Clinical Supervision

Assessing and Providing Feedback

Veena Rodrigues, Emily Player, Kelly Walker, and Emma Parker

Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is suitable for all post-registration doctors and healthcare professionals, especially those holding supervisory responsibility for pre-registration health professional students and postgraduate medical trainees in hospital or community settings. It is one of a series of Clinical Supervision courses developed by a multidisciplinary group of clinical educators from Norwich Medical School. You can also take:

Topics Covered

Workplace based assessments
WPBAs: supervisor and trainee perspectives
Competence
Giving feedback
Learners in difficulty

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Practical clinical supervision insights

According to students, this course is a highly practical and essential guide for healthcare professionals in supervisory roles. Learners widely praise its focus on effective feedback techniques and comprehensive coverage of workplace-based assessments (WPBAs) from both supervisor and trainee perspectives. While the course provides a solid foundational knowledge and is particularly helpful for new supervisors, a few learners expressed a desire for more interactive elements or additional real-life case studies. Overall, it's considered a valuable resource for enhancing clinical supervision skills.

Establishes a strong base and serves as a good refresher.

"A solid foundation for clinical supervision, very helpful to build upon."

"Good course for refreshing my knowledge; much of it I already knew, but it was presented clearly."

"It reinforced many concepts I use daily and introduced some new perspectives effectively."

Provides comprehensive insights into assessments and feedback.

"The focus on workplace-based assessments was excellent."

"I particularly appreciated the discussion on supervisor and trainee perspectives..."

"The feedback techniques alone are worth the time, truly transformative for my practice."

Offers directly applicable strategies for supervision.

"This course was incredibly practical, offering clear strategies for giving effective feedback..."

"As a new supervisor, I found the content directly applicable to my role."

"I learned how to use practical tools and strategies that I could apply immediately to my work."

Some learners wished for more hands-on exercises.

"I would have liked a few more real-life case studies or interactive exercises to apply concepts."

"I personally prefer more hands-on activities to solidify understanding."

"The course could benefit from more direct engagement with scenarios and problem-solving tasks."

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Learners who complete Clinical Supervision: Assessing and Providing Feedback will develop knowledge and skills that may be useful to these careers:

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Radical Candor: Fully Revised & Updated Edition

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Offers a practical framework for giving and receiving feedback in a professional setting, emphasizing the balance between caring personally and challenging directly. It's highly popular in business and management circles and is particularly relevant for those in leadership roles or aspiring to them. It serves as a valuable guide for implementing a feedback culture within teams and organizations.

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Die deutsche Ausgabe dieses Standardwerks bietet Strategien für den Umgang mit herausfordernden Gesprächen, einschließlich Feedback. Es ist eine grundlegende Ressource zum Verständnis der Struktur schwieriger Interaktionen und zur Verbesserung der Kommunikationsfähigkeiten, die für effektives Feedback unerlässlich sind. Nützlich als Nachschlagewerk und oft als Lehrbuch verwendet.

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