Competency-Based Clinical Supervision

Clinical supervision (CS)Clinical supervision (CS) is identified as distinctive set of professional activitiesActivities. There is shift toward competencyCompetency-based clinical supervision. Effective clinical supervision demands the competenceCompetence of supervisor and supervisee in the required fieldFalendar (Falendar 2015). However, the developmentDevelopments of a competence-based model or frameworkFramework has been hampered by the complexityComplexityof outcomesOutcomesin clinical supervisionClinical supervision (CS), lack of distinctive assessmentAssessment measures and implied value ofClohessyclinical supervisionBeinart (Beinart and Clohessy 2015). There are variable definitions of in literature been reported. This chapterChapter focuses on different definitions of CSClinical supervision (CS) and how they are related to the overall goal of patient care. A newer definition of competencyCompetency-based clinical supervisionClinical supervision (CS) is proposed, looking into common competency frameworksFramework available in the international scenario and linking CSClinical supervision (CS) with different theoretical frameworksFramework.