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Clinical Supervision: Assessing and Providing Feedback

Explore workplace-based assessment methods and how to use them effectively in practice with this course for clinical supervisors.

8,964 enrolled on this course

  • Duration

    3 weeks
  • Weekly study

    3 hours

Explore new models to provide feedback to and support your students and trainees

This online course will focus on the principles of workplace-based assessment and commonly used workplace-based assessment tools. It will show you how to apply these as part of your clinical supervision.

You’ll learn the importance of assessing competence and progression among your students and trainees.

You’ll also look at models to observe performance and provide effective feedback, and explore strategies to identify and support learners who are in difficulty.

What topics will you cover?

  • Workplace based assessments
  • WPBAs: supervisor and trainee perspectives
  • Competence
  • Giving feedback
  • Learners in difficulty

When would you like to start?

  • Date to be announced

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Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Explain the principles of workplace-based assessment
  • Develop a working knowledge and understanding of commonly used workplace-based assessment tools
  • Discuss the principles of assessing competence progression among learners
  • Evaluate a variety of models to observe performance and provide effective feedback to learners
  • Identify and support learners in difficulty

Who is the course for?

This course is suitable for all post-registration doctors and healthcare professionals, especially those holding supervisory responsibility for pre-registration health professional students and postgraduate medical trainees in hospital or community settings.

It is one of a series of Clinical Supervision courses developed by a multidisciplinary group of clinical educators from Norwich Medical School. You can also take:

Who will you learn with?

Emeritus Professor of Public Health & Medical Education, Norwich Medical School, UEA.
Lifelong Learner; Supervisor & Mentor; 'early adopter'; and advocate of pedagogy before technology.

Who developed the course?

UEA (University of East Anglia)

The University of East Anglia is an internationally renowned university providing top quality academic, social and cultural facilities to over 15,000 students from over 100 countries around the globe.

Learning on FutureLearn

Your learning, your rules

  • Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
  • Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
  • Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores

Join a global classroom

  • Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
  • Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
  • Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others

Map your progress

  • As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
  • Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
  • Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate

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