Supervision
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Educational Supervision Within Dental Core Training
A Supervisor's role is one primarily of guidance and mentoring. There are two focal aspects to the supervision of a DCT.
Clinical
The clinical practice aspect relates to the day-to-day oversight if learners in practice and the provision of guidance and feedback o n personal professional and educational matters in the context of patient care.
Educational
The educational aspect relates to the overall oversight of learners over the period of a training programme. Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that learners are making the necessary clinical and educational progress.
Roles of Supervision Within Dental Core Training
Educational Supervisor
A named Educational supervisor is a trainer who is selected and appropriately trained to be responsible for the overall supervision and management of a specific dentist’s educational progress during a placement or a series of placements. The named educational supervisor regularly meets with the DCT in training to help plan their training, review progress and achieve agreed learning outcomes. The named educational supervisor is responsible for the educational agreement, and for bringing together all relevant evidence to form a summative judgement about the dentist’s progression at the end of a placement or a series of placements.
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This includes:
- Initial Meeting and completion of Initial Meeting report– learning needs, goals, PDP
- Supervise / Observe -> Judge level of support required
- Point of contact for all supervisors
- Identify and address concerns
- Mentoring and supporting reflection.
- Encourage completion of SLEs, projects etc and monitor DCTs progression
- Complete Educational Supervisor End of Placement Report – collate information on ePortfolio and from clinical supervisors
- Liaise with the Core Training Advisor
Core Training Advisor
The CTA oversees the DCT placements and supports the DCTs and Educational Supervisors in their roles.
Clinical Supervisor
A Clinical Supervisor is an experienced clinician, appropriately trained in supervision skills, who oversees the work and training of a DCT on one or more sessions in the week or whilst the trainee is on-call. During a working week, the activities of a trainee will be overseen by one or several named Clinical Supervisors. The Clinical Supervisors will be expected, from time-to-time, to report on the progress of the trainee to the trainee’s Educational Supervisor. Each session of the timetable should have a named supervisor.
