Principles of Workplace Supervision in Healthcare

Effective supervision is fundamental for health practitioner’s well-being and the safety of both practitioners and the public.  Registered health professions’ standards of proficiency state the need for supervision and employers also have legal duties, set out in the health and care act, to ensure provision of supervision and education.  The Principles of Workplace Supervision in Healthcare course is a non-credit bearing professional development short course designed to prompt you to think about supervision as a supervisor and as a supervisee.  The content is relevant for all professions and levels of practice.

Audience

This is an introductory course exploring the foundations of supervision and will be relevant across the healthcare workforce for both supervisee and supervisors.

Course Description

The programme is in three parts:
1. An initial face-to-face workshop to prepare for online learning
2. Self-directed study accessed via an online virtual learning platform.
3. A final face-to-face workshops to help you to apply the learning in practice and to think about how to embed a positive supervision culture in practice.

It is essential to complete the self-directed study before the second workshop and these materials will available for a minimum of six weeks after the first workshop.  The first workshop will provide opportunities to work with experienced educators, supervisors and facilitators to add context to the self-directed study.  In the second workshop, participants will be invited to share how new learning about supervision is influencing their approach to supervision in practice.  Face-to-face workshops are delivered at London Tooting Campus.

The course has been designed to support practitioners to develop foundation knowledge and skills across ten core dimensions of supervision:

• Purpose of supervision
• Supervision models and approaches
• Models and theories of learning and skills acquisition
• Critical reflection
• Feedback and facilitation
• A focus on the practitioner/learner/supervisee
• Establishing a conducive learning environment
• Registrant responsibility
• Multi-professional considerations
• Valid, fair and reliable assessment

Short course participants are required to complete all online self-directed and attend workshops in person at Tooting Broadway Campus. 

Course Schedule:

11 March 2025: Workshop 1 face-to-face onsite and online self-directed materials available

20 May 2025: Workshop 2 face-to-face onsite