Jorge Reyna, Santosh Khanal, Victoria Baker-Smith, Sharon Connolly

RANZCO on behalf of the SSTS Consortium

Mapping the Role of Medical Supervisors Across Six Australian Colleges:

A Cross-Institutional Study

Purpose

• Compare supervisory roles and responsibilities across all Australian medical colleges
• Examine alignment between institutional expectations and supervisors’ lived experiences
• Utilise data to inform the first Medical Supervisor Curriculum (MSC)

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Method

• Thematic analysis of roles and responsibilities (N =16)
• Design and validate a 64-item survey using Factor Analysis
• N =177 supervisors across specialties and practice settings

Purpose and Methods

Seven themes emerged from Thematic Analysis and validated with the survey:

Key Findings

Interpretation

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• Cultural safety and well-being were insufficiently embedded in the college’s documentation
• These items did not validate in the Factor Analysis

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Implications

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• Validated survey will enable benchmarking of supervision quality and training needs
• The data informed the Medical Supervisor Curriculum (MSC)

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Discussion and Implications

The validated survey instrument is one of the first tools designed to gather the supervisor’s understanding of their roles and responsibilities

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The factor structure (7) informed the development of the Medical Supervisor Curriculum MSC

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For more information about the Standardise Supervisor Training System (SSTS), visit:

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www.ssts-project.com

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Take-Home messages