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Examining clinical supervision as a mechanism for changes in practice: a research protocol
Sophie Dilworth1, Isabel Higgins, Vicki Parker
1School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle, Callahan, New South Wales, Australia.
Journal of Advanced Nursing
|July 20, 2013
Summary
This study explores how clinical supervision helps healthcare professionals improve psychosocial care for cancer patients. Analyzing supervision sessions, it identifies mechanisms for practice change in cancer care.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Psychosocial Care
- Healthcare Professional Development
Background:
- Need for evidence-based psychosocial care for cancer patients.
- Clinical supervision recommended to support healthcare professionals.
- Current gap in understanding supervision's role in psychosocial practice change.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore how clinical supervision facilitates practice change in psychosocial cancer care.
- To identify mechanisms of change within clinical supervision sessions.
- To investigate the role of supervision in implementing psychosocial interventions for adults with cancer.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative design within a stepped wedge randomized control trial.
- Discourse analysis of audio-recorded clinical supervision sessions.
- Study population includes nurses, physiotherapists, radiation therapists, and occupational therapists.
Main Results:
- N/A - Protocol description.
Conclusions:
- This research protocol outlines a novel approach to studying clinical supervision.
- First study to combine discourse analysis with a randomized control trial to examine supervision mechanisms.
- Aims to elucidate how clinical supervision supports healthcare professionals in delivering psychosocial interventions.
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