Illuminative evaluation: evaluating clinical supervision on its performance rather than the applause

Sloan, Graham; Watson, Hugh J.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01898.x

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“…The work of Alleyne and Jumaa () and Sloan and Watson () presents additional arrative/anecdotal accounts of positive outcomes from CS. In their research of primary care nurses, Alleyne and Jumaa () reported that group CS with six district nurses and two doctoral candidates increased their confidence in managing change and leading people.…”

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A systematic review of clinical supervision evaluation studies in nursing

Cutcliffe

Sloan²,

Bashaw

2018

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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According to the international, extant literature published during the last 20 years or so, clinical supervision (CS) in nursing is now a reasonably common phenomenon. Nevertheless, what appears to be noticeably 'thin on the ground' in this body of literature are empirical evaluations of CS, especially those pertaining to client outcomes. Accordingly, the authors undertook a systematic review of empirical evaluations of CS in nursing to determine the state of the science. Adopting the approach documented by Stroup et al. (JAMA, 283, 2000, 2008), the authors searched for reports of evaluation studies of CS in nursing - published during the years 1995 to 2015. Keywords for the search were 'clinical supervision', 'evaluation', 'efficacy', 'nursing', and combinations of these keywords. Electronic databases used were CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsychLIT, and the British Nursing Index. The research evidence from twenty-eight (28) studies reviewed is presented, outlining the main findings with an overview of each study presented. The following broad themes were identified and are each discussed in the study: narrative/anecdotal accounts of positive outcomes for clinical supervision, narrative/anecdotal accounts of negative outcomes for clinical supervision, empirical positive outcomes reported by supervisee, and empirical findings showing no effect by supervisee.

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Section: Results: Research Evidencementioning

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A systematic review of clinical supervision evaluation studies in nursing

Cutcliffe

Sloan²,

Bashaw

2018

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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“…By studying an innovative programme one can explore how it operates and is in¯uenced by the various situations and how students' intellectual tasks and academic experiences are most affected (Parlett & Hamilton, 1972). This approach has been used to evaluate innovative nursing educational programmes (Crotty, 1990;Mhaolrunaigh & Clifford, 1988), teaching and learning strategies (Dewar & Walker, 1999) and clinical supervision of nurses (Sloan & Watson, 2001).…”

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Questioning Student Learning: an exploration of student's views on learning to become independent nurse prescribers

Banning¹

2004

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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This illuminative evaluation study gives insights into attitudes to learning, interaction and the perceived roles of theory, evidence, reading and previous experience. These insights lead us to question some aspects of the course as currently presented. Students indicated that they found the course material stimulating but prior guidance on the areas to read before commencing learning would have been helpful. Students were desperate to learn and to be successful, but many were apprehensive about the intensity of the pharmacological content and diagnostic skills that are required to make a clinical diagnosis. Sadly, some students felt that the restriction of the extended nurse formulary, while valuable to their professional development and credibility as a nurse, would not enhance the care that could be provided to patients. This limitation was not realized until the course had commenced. This may have been avoided if an information day had been provided before commencing the course. For many students, a positive ®nding was the realization of the relevance to practice and the contribution that could be made to everyday nursing care. Future independent nurse prescribing students would bene®t from the provision of pre-course reading, guided studies in pharmacology, normal physiology and physical examination skills before commencing the course of study. The use of a theoretical self-assessment tool would allow potential students to assess their suitability for the programme. Aspects of student learning need to be discussed early in the programme.

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“…It remained unchallenged to which extent the researcher's preconceptions influenced the results Sloan and Watson (2001) To explore which CS interventions are facilitating or constraining…”

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Empirical studies of clinical supervision in psychiatric nursing: A systematic literature review and methodological critique

Buus

Gonge

2009

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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The objective of this paper was to systematically review and critically evaluate all English language research papers reporting empirical studies of clinical supervision in psychiatric nursing. The first part of the search strategy was a combination of brief and building block strategies in the PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO databases. The second part was a citation pearl growing strategy with reviews of 179 reference lists. In total, the search strategy demonstrated a low level of precision and a high level of recall. Thirty four articles met the criteria of the review and were systematically evaluated using three checklists. The findings were summarized by using a new checklist with nine overall questions regarding the studies' design, methods, findings, and limitations. The studies were categorized as: (i) effect studies; (ii) survey studies; (iii) interview studies; and (iv) case studies. In general, the studies were relatively small scale; they used relatively new and basic methods for data collection and analysis, and rarely included sufficient strategies for identifying confounding factors or how the researchers' preconceptions influenced the analyses. Empirical research of clinical supervision in psychiatric nursing was characterized by a basic lack of agreement about which models and instruments to use. Challenges and recommendations for future research are discussed. Clinical supervision in psychiatric nursing was commonly perceived as a good thing, but there was limited empirical evidence supporting this claim.

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Illuminative evaluation: evaluating clinical supervision on its performance rather than the applause

Cited by 37 publications

References 45 publications

A systematic review of clinical supervision evaluation studies in nursing

A systematic review of clinical supervision evaluation studies in nursing

Questioning Student Learning: an exploration of student's views on learning to become independent nurse prescribers

Empirical studies of clinical supervision in psychiatric nursing: A systematic literature review and methodological critique

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