An Educational Supervisor (ES) is a named individual who is responsible for supporting, guiding and monitoring the progress of a named trainee for a specified period of time (often a year).
The purpose of supervision is to:
- enable the progression of healthcare professionals along a training and/or professional development pathway with respect to acquisition of knowledge, clinical skills and competencies
- enhance general (clinical) and professional skills and attitudes
- ensure both good patient experience and safety.
This resource provides a comprehensive overview of the role of an ES, eligibility, role description and expectations, tips and details of support available, as well as information about coaching and mentoring skills, careers support for trainees, and wellbeing resources.
Additional topics covered include educational appraisals and ARCPs, a range of scenarios describing key actions for ESs who are supporting trainees facing challenges including burnout, personal or mental health difficulties or repeated exam failure, plus information and guidance on supporting less than full-time (LTFT) trainees.
The RCOG would like to thank those who contributed to the creation of this toolkit:
Simi Bansal
Alastair Campbell
Yee Yin Chan
Sonji Clarke
Sarah Court
Susie Crowe
Helen Goodall
Laura Hipple
Rehan Khan
Sivaprakasam Manjambigai
Elisabeth Peregrine
Aparna Reddy
Eman Toeima
Susan Ward
This Educational Supervisors' toolkit resource is for anybody who:
- is thinking about being an ES
- has just become an ES
- is an established ES and wants support in any aspect of the role.
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