Trialing an online clinical supervision education program This project was possible due to funding made available by Health Workforce Australia
partnerships Gateway Community Health (GCH) Ovens & King Community Health Service (O&K) Beechworth Health Service (BHS) Mungabareena Aboriginal Corporation Indigo North Health Service
Project objectives Increase the number of novice clinical supervisors in five community health services Evaluate whether online learning is accessible, flexible, appropriate and cost- effective for clinicians in rural health services Evaluate if online learning increases the skills, knowledge and confidence of novice clinical supervisors in community health services
About the course Monash University Online Moderated Self-paced
Snapshot of participants 16 participants Professional backgrounds: social work, community development, dietician, podiatry, speech pathology, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy Previous clinical experience supervising students range from nil to five years
Discipline of Participants
Progress Participants up to module 4 of 6 Active support & encouragement to participants A natural attrition of three participants due to time restraints & pressures Feedback provided to Monash re program design issues & technical difficulties
Benefits Build participants’ understanding of learning styles Develop participants’ confidence in supervising students, and managing a placement Participants reflect on & identify their knowledge & skills
Benefits Build participants’ confidence to assist student to set learning goals & strategies Build participants confidence to give students verbal/written feedback and evaluate a student’s performance on placement
Where to from here? How to continue to support clinicians in their professional development re supervising students How can we provide on going professional development to clinicians in rural community health services? Exploring possible peer supervision training