“Good” supervision involves encouraging and enabling the supervisee to learn effectively and efficiently, to take responsibility for their own learning and to develop skills and capacity that will lead them to becoming a competent practitioner.

Supervision happens in different ways in different disciplines, in different clinical situations and in response to the different levels of student progress. For example, the supervision you receive as a 1st year student on an observational placement will be different to that you receive as a 3rd or 4^th year student. Particularly as you progress through your course, you are likely to receive less direct or hands on supervision, to have longer periods of time where you are expected to function independently and to make a broader contribution to the care of patients and the work of the organisation. Our goal at Northern Health is to develop work ready clinicians who will be able to meet the challenges of the future health care system. We are exploring and gradually introducing new and innovative models of student teaching to enable us to better achieve this goal. Your supervisor will make sure that you are safe and able to effectively manage the patients in your caseload. Depending on your stage of development, experience and progress, they won’t necessarily be there every moment of the day to work directly with you.