Becoming clinical supervisors: identity learnings from a registrar faculty development program.

ABSTRACT: This article shares our experiences and surprises as we developed, implemented and evaluated a 12-week faculty development program for registrars as clinical supervisors over three cohorts. The program has consistently been rated highly by participants. Yet, following a comprehensive curriculum review, we were surprised that our goal of encouraging identity development in clinical supervisors seemed to be unmet. Whilst our evaluation suggests that the program made important contributions to the registrars' knowledge, application and readiness as clinical supervisors, challenges linked to developing a supervisor identity and managing the dual identity of supervisor and clinician remain. In this article we describe our program and argue for the importance of designing faculty development pro

SUBMITTER: Noble C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7952496 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature