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An Investigation of the Use of E‐Mail as a Supplemental Modality for Clinical Supervision
Author(s) -
Clingerman Tamara L.,
Bernard Janine M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2004.tb01862.x
Subject(s) - practicum , psychology , personalization , modality (human–computer interaction) , adaptation (eye) , class (philosophy) , social psychology , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , computer science , human–computer interaction , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , world wide web
The authors investigated the use of student‐initiated e‐mail as a supplemental modality for supervision. Nineteen students e‐mailed their instructors weekly during their 15‐week practicum; these e‐mails were analyzed across 3 time periods using the categories of the discrimination model (J. M. Bernard, 1979, 1997) and an adaptation of W. Lanning's (1986) professional behavior category. Although patterns of e‐mails were similar across time, there was a significant decline in the number of e‐mails as the practicum progressed. Significance was found for message focus, with personalization messages and professional behavior/practicum class messages accounting for more than half of the messages across 3 time periods.