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Expert views on clinical supervision: a study based on interviews
Author(s) -
Severinsson E. I.,
Borgenhammar E. V.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2834.1997.00010.x
Subject(s) - supervisor , clinical supervision , burnout , feeling , psychology , process (computing) , quality (philosophy) , grounded theory , nursing , health care , affect (linguistics) , maturity (psychological) , work (physics) , medicine , social psychology , qualitative research , clinical psychology , social science , philosophy , law , economic growth , sociology , computer science , operating system , developmental psychology , communication , epistemology , political science , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering
Clinical supervision is a didactic process of the purpose of human development and maturity. The aim of this study is to analyse views on clinical supervision held by a number of experts, and to reflect on the effects and value of clinical supervision in relation to public health. Data were collected by interviews and analysed in accordance with the grounded theory construction model. The results showed that clinical supervision is an integration process guiding a person from novice to expert’ by establising a relationship of trust between supervisor and supervisee. This study indicates that implementation of systematic clinical supervision may positively affect quality of care, and patients’ recovery, create improved feeling of confidence in one’s work, and prevent burnout among staff. The negative aspects, as reported, were the possibility of high opportunity costs’, e.g. the time loss for patient care by those participating in organized systematic supervision. On the other hand, clinical supervision contributes towards more efficient use of resources and hence avoids unnecessary costs. However, neither of these aspects were further elaborated on by the experts but clearly indicate an important field for further research.