Supervision, Consultation and EMS
Supervision
Supervision, Consultation and Emergency Management Systems
CLINICAL SUPERVISION
According to the majority of educators in the field, clinical supervision is the most appropriate practice. This is quite worrying and confusing especially considering that there has been little research on the subject, both in qualitative and quantitative methods. The main reason that makes the theory to be extremely popular in spite of its short comings and is all tied to its democratic nature. The theory offers a democratic approach where the role of the educators is to encourage rather than to coerce the subjects. Moreover, the theory has its basis on real life settings and not on a simulated setting. This creates a lively and participating forum for the teacher which is extremely valuable to achieve this theory. However, it is increasingly difficult to introduce such a theory in many places due to the restraining resources that are available, most notoriously being the financial budgets (Shirley & James 2008).
Model of clinical supervision
After putting all these shortcomings, it is necessary to have a model like the peer clinical supervision. In this case, fellow teachers look out for each other and collect data while still analyzing their peers. This is the most appropriate method since it is beneficial to both the teacher being observed as well as the observer. Furthermore, teachers are happy that this is not an official process that may compromise their jobs. Thus, they act comfortably and normally which gives the necessary results which may lead to the formulation of an appropriate solution. One crucial aspect about the model is the relationship that it has with the environment and more so the context of the school (Shirley & James 2008). There are at least four patterns that have a direct influence on this model. One of them is isolation and fragmentation which represents the various divisions within the teachers with some of them being on the basis of race, gender, age and other fragmentations. Another is stratification whereby the heads of education on various institutions pick out some teachers and appraise them unfairly leading to acrimony within the staff. The third aspect is standardization where there are set rules and boundaries for teachers while the last is reactionism which involves the long time decisions that the school leaders make in advance (Shirley & James 2008). All these are practices that do not augur well with the model and could seriously compromise the efficiency and effectiveness of the model. After much consideration about the model and practices that could affect it, evidence shows that the best way to use the model would be as a coaching tool rather than an inspection system.
CLINICAL CONSULTATION
The theory of clinical consultation is all about the patients although it is primarily designed for all clinicians. This refers to any person either seriously ill or with the belief that they are ill, seeks the advice of another trusted clinician. This refers to only professional boundaries of communication and any personal advice may not fall under this category.
Model of clinical consultation
There are many models that are applicable to this clinical consultation. However, it is evident that all of them focus on the professional relationship between the practitioner and the patient while maintaining boundaries. Furthermore, all models have a focus on the patient and the end result for each should lead to the well being of the patient. The anthropological or as it is normally known as the folk model by Helman focuses on questions that the patients tend to have all the time. Thus, the clinician should set these questions as boundaries as they offer more help than just listening to the complaints of the patient. One of the questions by a patient is always to determine what has actually happened. After offering advice on this issue, the clinician should answer the next question which is to explain...
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