Supervisory knowing in practice across medical specialities

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Clinical Supervision
• Professional Development

Background:

• Clinical supervisors balance trainee education with patient care, a complex task.
• Understanding how supervisors effectively integrate these dual roles is crucial for optimizing learning environments.

Purpose of the Study:

• To examine clinical supervisors'

Main Methods:

• A practice-based study involving 19 clinical supervisors across emergency medicine, internal medicine, and surgery.
• Interviews were analyzed using framework analysis (interdependent learning theory) and practice theory.
• Focused on supervisors'

Main Results:

• Two key domains for facilitating trainee learning were identified: orientating/assessing readiness and sequencing/enriching pedagogic practices.
• Supervisors'

Conclusions:

• Clinical supervision is deeply embedded within specialty-specific practices.
• Differences in supervisors'