Guide to Basic Training

Supervision

Clinical Supervision
Clinical supervision for your training will come from a number of people through each year of your program. Your clinical supervisors will usually be consultants you have worked closely with in a clinical setting during the year. Clinical supervisors will usually have no more than two Basic Trainees under their supervision.

The level of supervision provided to you should vary as you acquire competencies and progress through the training program. Opportunities for directly supervised, indirectly supervised and monitored, and relatively independent clinical practice should be provided according to your ability. As a guide, eight hours per week of direct trainee/supervisor clinical contact is expected, plus one hour of trainee/supervisor individual contact. Your clinical supervisor may be called upon to contribute to an assessment of your suitability to sit for the FRACP Examination.

During your training you are essentially an apprentice to your clinical supervisors. The responsibilities of a clinical supervisor are :

• to review your training objectives for each placement with you at the beginning of the placement
• to objectively assess your progress against these objectives at least every three months, and at the end of each placement
• to create a suitable individual learning environment for you
• to ensure a wide range of opportunities for your clinical skill development.
  

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Educational Supervision
Individual direct educational supervision by your supervisor should include:

• ensuring that you make effective use of the learning environment provided
• directing and focusing learning so that you develop good self-directed training techniques
• ensuring that you develop an understanding of the wider aspects of vocational training.

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The Mentor
In addition to supervision it is suggested that you choose a mentor to guide you through your career development. This may be the DPPT, or another colleague who has empathy with you and your needs. In either situation the DPPT can have a role in helping you choose your mentor.
A mentor will have an important role if you have insufficient support from one or more of your supervisors, if supervision is inadequate, or it does not satisfy College requirements.

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