Effective supervision in clinical practice settings: a literature review

Clinical supervision has a vital role in postgraduate and, to some extent, undergraduate medical education. However it is probably the least investigated, discussed and developed aspect of clinical education. This large‐scale, interdisciplinary review of literature addressing supervision is the first from a medical education perspective.

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