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    How to learn to be a clinical supervisor?

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    Hi,I'm a physio & pilates instructor in Japan.I really need your help.
    My co-worker is researching about how to learn to be a clinical
    educator(supervisor/instructor)during the physio student.
    If they have a chance to learn about it during
    student,it's really good for them.Some universities have a post graduation programme which learn more specific education.such as educator, resercher,or clinical supervisor.
    If you have some guidelines, or academic textbooks, Could you tell me about it, please?

    I really appreciate the time you take to answer.
    Thank you .

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    Re: How to learn to be a clinical instructor?

    It is not necessary to take a special course for teaching for becoming a clinical instructor in majority of the cases. Most institutions recruit the highly qualified physiotherapist with masters or PHD elites with experience in their respective field of expertise clinically as a physiotherapist. However, most universities run the courses to become a teacher which emphasizes the management guidelines for becoming a good teacher and these courses are useful. It also depends upon the job advertisement and requirements of the individual institutions hiring the teachers for that particular course.


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    Re: How to learn to be a clinical instructor?

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    Having taught Physiotherapy organisation and administration and put them into practice in the Philippines, I believe management is something of a practicality and learning is done within the context of a real clinical set-up. A truly good clinical manager does not need to know-it-all, he or she doesn't need to be McGyver (although it is incontestible how handy that may be). My take on the good clinical manager is having a slant toward the interest of patient welfare (how are services to be maintained if within standards, or how to improve them), toward staff satisfaction (geniality of the workplace and an atmosphere of camaraderie which fosters mutual encouragement and movement toward continuous professional development), and lastly toward the institution or the clinic itself (of which reputation and profits must be balanced). I believe these things are innate for most competent clinical managers, but they can also be taught.

    And having said that, there are indeed courses and literature one could consult to shape, re-shape, or strengthen a theoretical base of attitudes, beliefs, and conduct for managing a clinic. If only to become a springboard, I would suggest building up knowledge from the following literature (perhaps build up your library as well):

    1. RJ Hickock's Physical Therapy Administratin and Management (1983), which is somewhat of a jurassic age but identifies important elements of consideration in clinical management;
    2. JG Liebler's Management Principles for Health Professionals (1999), which is a moderately updated version of the first literature;
    3. CR McConell's Managing the Health Care Professional (2004) and/or N Borkowski's Organizational Behavior in Health Care (2005) ,for more specific information about personnel management;
    4. R Yee's Healthcare Spaces No. 3 (2006) to help you visualise an up-to-date design of a health care facility;
    5. YA Ozcan's Quantitative Methods in Health Care Management: Techniques and Applications (2005) to help you embark on the question of enforcing evidence-based practice within your clinic by performing studies;
    6. KA Wager's Managing Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Executives (2005) to help you determine the best information management system for your clinic;
    7. PJ Boyle's Organizational Ethics in Health Care: Principles, Cases, and Practical Solutions (2001) to cover ethical issues, if not taught as a separate module

    These are just some of the books I'm fond of. Certainly there are a lot more out there which may be better than my current list. I hope I've helped you somehow.

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