Enhancing the quality of clinical placement for students throughout Southern NSWLHD

Gay Woodhouse

Cathy New

June 2013

• Standardise the provision of clinical teaching, development and support to clinical placement students across SNSWLHD by developing a framework for Clinical Supervision within our health service.

• Build a network of skilled practitioners in coaching and mentoring that will clinically and professionally support our clinical placement students which will prepare them for safe practice and sound clinical decision making within SNSWLHD.

• Provide education and networking opportunities for a large proportion of our health practitioners providing clinical supervision to students in the rural clinical setting.

What we did

Conducted 1 day workshops x 4 on Clinical Supervision module ‘Mentor in the Workplace’ working with TAFE NSW at 4 sites for optimal uptake throughout health district for 80 participants.

Pre and post Survey of workshop participants

Pre and post Survey of one cohort of clinical placement students.

Workshop x 1 to develop clinical supervision framework for a whole of district focus in SNSWLHD

What we did

Reviewed current staff support resource- workbook to ensure a clinical supervision focus that aligns with developed framework

Outcomes

Contextualised training that is generalisable to other areas in the future

Improved quality of clinical supervision for students

Framework to assist staff in provision of clinical supervision of students

Improved resources and network for staff supervising students in Southern.

Where to from here?

Intranet site for staff to access resources to assist with clinical supervision

Continue support of clinical supervisors

Access further funding to introduce a Communities of Practice collaborative forum for staff.