Reflective Essay On Clinical Supervision

Personal Reflection:

The trainee in this scenario shared less information about her professional as well as personal life. Which indicates that the supervision was not effective enough to deal with issues of supervisee. So it can be said that some part of this session went well, and some part didn't reach the objectives. With the support of Gibbs reflective model (Gibbs, 1988), I would like to focus on these points and try to comment on them. During the supervision session, first I tried making the trainee comfortable, then tried to enquire her problems. After that I focused more on the major issue, that was case history taking. I tried asking her by all possible ways about the mistake she is committing. Initially, I felt that maybe she is not ready to accept the fact and taking this question as a criticism. But then she stated that she is not aware of her mistake because nobody pointed it out before.

About evaluating that experience, it has both bad and good sides. We both remained acceptable to the facts and information. The trainee responded positively though she didn't open up much. Moreover, I felt that there must be something making her conscious and not sharing her issues. From this session, I analyse

As now it can be concluded that to make a supervision session effective it is essential to have a deep understanding of these facts and theories. Characteristics of both supervisor and supervisee are equally important. As supervisors must know their roles and responsibilities at the same time, supervisee should have interest towards reflective practice. Maintaining a good supervisory relationship will be useful to analyse the problems. If there are any signs of underperformance seen in the supervisee, the supervisor can approach them to sort out the matter before it causes