Effective Educational Supervision 2025

Effective Educational Supervision is organized by Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and will be held on Jan 21, 2025.

Description:
This one-day course will be delivered online and will provide you with a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of educational supervision, focusing on:

• Recognising a trainee who needs support
• Gathering information to define a problem 
• Benefits of longitudinal supervision 
• Giving feedback 
• Reflecting on your practice

Course aim:
The study day will develop your skills, knowledge and confidence as an effective educational supervisor and meets the GMC’s training requirements for supervisors.

Learning outcomes:
By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Discuss the role and requirements of an educational supervisor, and describe how this differs from clinical supervision
• Prepare and conduct an effective educational supervision sessions for trainees
• Effectively employ a range of formative and summative RCPCH assessments. 
• Evaluate evidence within RCPCH ePortfolio to assess whether this meets the requirements of the relevant RCPCH Progress+ syllabus
• Assess trainees’ learning needs using the RCPCH Progress+ curriculum and assessment strategy 
• Identify when and why a doctor in training might benefit from support and how to provide support or access additional support
• Employ appropriate techniques for giving feedback constructively to doctors in training
• Recognise the importance of promoting reflective practice for both doctors in training and supervisors