Join us for an informative half-day workshop aimed at health practitioners (medical, nursing and allied health) who wish to build their knowledge and confidence supervising university students on placement.
Date: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Location: Philip Street Communities & Families Precinct in Gladstone
Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Cost: Free event with afternoon tea provided
Why attend?
By the end of this interactive workshop, participants will be able to:
- Outline the broad concepts of effective clinical supervision including adult learning principles, reflective practice, teaching a clinical skill, giving effective feedback and dealing with a learner in difficulty.
- Identify examples from their prior experience of things to emulate or things to avoid for effective clinical supervision.
- Identify areas for immediate practical application and use.
Guest Speaker
The session will be facilitated by Associate Professor Dr Sneha Kirubakaran, Head, Regional Training Hub CQ, UQ Rural Clinical School.
Dr Sneha Kirubakaran is an Associate Professor with the University of Queensland Rural Clinical School and the Head of the Regional Training Hub Central Queensland in Rockhampton. She locums as a Rural Generalist in small country hospitals throughout Central Queensland. She has been teaching clinicians how to be better teachers and supervisors for 14+ years and has delivered various workshops on faculty development in Australia, China and Iraq. She has volunteered as a doctor and medical teacher in countries such as Indonesia, Timor Leste, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Israel, Iraq, the Marshall Islands and China.
This workshop is supported by Health Workforce Queensland, The University of Queensland, Central Queensland Rural Health and the Gladstone Health Education Pathways Working Group. Participants will be able to claim three hours of CPD.