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Towards Effective Training of Clinical Supervisors

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Clinical Supervision in Practice

Abstract

Despite a broad consensus that clinical supervision is essentially a psycho-educational activity, very little has been written to date by nurse teachers about how best to prepare practitioners for its more widespread implementation. This chapter describes some of the contextual issues relating to practitioner knowledge and nurse education, and their application to effective clinical supervision practices. Focus is on the educational requirements of both supervisees and of supervisors, and some specific suggestions are offered on how such training could be managed.

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  1. NT Research, UK

    Veronica Bishop SRN, FRSA, MPhil, PhD (Editor, visiting professor, Health Care Consultant) (Editor, visiting professor, Health Care Consultant)

  2. Anglia Polytechnic University, UK

    Veronica Bishop SRN, FRSA, MPhil, PhD (Editor, visiting professor, Health Care Consultant) (Editor, visiting professor, Health Care Consultant)

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Scanlon, C. (1998). Towards Effective Training of Clinical Supervisors. In: Bishop, V. (eds) Clinical Supervision in Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14527-0_7

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