This study describes what occurs when trainees and supervisors encounter a lack of consensus in supervision. We identified 120 episodes indicating a lack of consensus between a supervisor and a trainee during 23 hr of supervision. Qualitative analysis of the episodes described 10 supervisor responses, characterized as influence and evaluation, and eight trainee responses, characterized as cooperation and deference. The pattern of supervisor-trainee interaction was characterized by negotiation and collaboration. Supervisors and trainees collaborate to produce a presentation of the trainee as a competent clinician and a cooperative trainee. Supervisors identify deficiencies and offer requests in a subtle manner that appears open to modification, thus cooperating with the trainee's competent and cooperative image.
To explore how social actors find fault with others' conduct, transcripts of 84 problematic events were analysed. The depiction of fault-finding methods that emerged differs from earlier research in stressing the extensiveness and negotiability of action in problematic events. A larger number of fault-finding methods, which pertain to present and future, in addition to past faults, are included within the domain of fault finding. The process of finding fault is characteriscd as an active, interpretive, negotiative process. Included in the process are formulations of events as problematic, accusations, explanation demands, stops, explanations of stops, and advisories. Excerpts of talk are provided to exemplify each of these methods, and the within-category variation and co-occurrence of methods are explored. Limitations of the study and several prospects for future work are mentioned.
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