Clinical Supervision

Snapshot

Courses available:

Academic award	SCOTCAT award	Academic status	Course length
This module can be undertaken on a stand-alone basis or as part of the Bachelor of Nursing (BN)	20 points at Level 3 (SHE)	Undergraduate	200 hours of student effort (including assessment)

Academic School:

Distance Learning Centre (Nursing & Palliative Care)

How to apply:

Visit the Distance Learning Centre webpage

Fees:

Please contact us for fees information (below).

Overview

This module is designed to offer the student a practical basis for understanding and implementing clinical supervision. The main focus is on a practical framework which can facilitate a realistic approach to clinical supervision within the students own organisational and cultural context. The outcome of these deliberations will be the development of a flexible model that is appropriate to the student's clinical environment.

Aims of the Module

To explore the concepts of clinical supervision, in the current context of your area of practice.

Module Content

This module explores the concept of Clinical Supervision, set in the current context of the nursing and health visiting professions. It introduces a model for clinical supervision that is flexible and responsive to different local situations and can therefore be used in all clinical areas in both hospital and community settings.

For further information please see the module information on www.dundee.ac.uk/medden/dlc/

Assessment

The module assessment is practice focused and aims to facilitate the development of professional practice. Students are encouraged to engage with self-assessment activities throughout the learning experience. Formative assessment enables students to develop practice and academic process skills through tutor feed-back.

Student Support

A text-based study guide is used to support learning for this module. The study guide helps the student make essential links between theory and practice and prepare for the module assessment. A dynamic tutorial support system operates with a tutor link to the module. Students are encouraged to use the tutorial system according to their need.