MD8003 - Clinical Supervision for Rural Medical Practitioners

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:

Primarily designed for rural medical practitioners, but relevant to any experienced rural health practitioner. Ideally, enrolling students should have a learner in their practice during part of the course.

This subject assists rural health practitioners who provide clinical supervision for undergraduate or postgraduate learners (students) to develop an understanding of the educational issues in clinical supervision and to improve their supervision skills.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to assess progress towards agreed learning objectives;
• application of a model of clinical supervision within the practice;
• knowledge about differing learning styles;
• skill in facilitating a small group;
• skill in provision of appropriate feedback to learners;
• understanding of how to recognise the needs of individual learners working with student;
• understanding of students personal learning needs and wants;
• understanding of the principles of adult learning.

Availabilities
, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2006
Coord/Lect:	Professor Richard Hays.
Contact hours:	10 hours 20 hours 20 hours
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	.
, Study Period 2
Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coord/Lect:	Professor Richard Hays.
Contact hours:	10 hours 20 hours 20 hours
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.