Clinical Supervision
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Clinical Supervision for Advanced Clinical Practitioners working within primary care: does it exist and where does it come from?
IRAS ID
249664
Contact name
Sara Roberts
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Bangor Univeristy
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
n/a, n/a
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 2 months, 11 days
Research summary
The researcher is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) working autonomously within the community and primary care. The ACP are professionals who extend their education to masters level with specialized skills such as clinical skills, leadership, facilitation of learning and research skills.The NMC (2008) make no clear distinction between the recordable qualifications for the general registered practitioner and the Advanced Clinical practitioner, therefor are responsible for working within their own limitations and responsible for own actions. Following completion of this MSC qualification ongoing support and clinical supervision is paramount. Clinical supervision is encouraged as a form of 'good practice' for personal and professional development. It gives opportunity for sharing experiences and knowledge, working to ensure that staff are giving the best possible care and improving patient outcomes. Therefore the researcher has set out to explore the clinical supervision that is currently available within the locality area and how to access it. The researcher will only explore ACPs working within community teams and GP practices or professionals who are in at least year 2 of working towards the MCS qualification and therefore will exclude ACP working within secondary care. The researcher will take a qualitative methodology, following a phenomenology perspective. Potential participants will be identified by a nominated gate keeper and will send out invitation to take part along with consent form. The researcher following consent will carry out semi structured interviews in a private room within either the researcher or participants workplace. The expected time for collecting data, interpretation and analyses of results will be approximately 11 weeks.
REC name
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REC reference
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