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Indicators for professional growth for health care specialists: Face-to-face supervision

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We explored patterns of supervisor-supervisee interactions in face-to-face supervisory conference, drawing upon theoretical constructs from Rogerian-Penman psychology. Theoretical constructs targeted in the analysis include: tallying responses according to specific subcategories i.e., seeking solutions, descriptions, identification, and resolutions. Structure and source of information include manifest/latent and power/involvement, as well as stages of professional development for the supervisee. “Before and after” supervisory conference goals are established for two students in special education. Face-to-face conversations, subsequent transcriptions, and written conversational analysis of video conferences of supervisors and supervisees are presented. The results of our study indicate hallmarks of a more sensitive analysis for the evaluation of face-to-face supervision, i.e., the source of information discussed in relation to the first supervision conference corresponded to 63% opinion. Results indicate that the practitioner progressed from the stage of “Stagnation” to that of “Confusion.” Additionally, the supervisor needed to be more “Catalytic” as evidenced by the use of 16% Resolutions and 30% Seeking Solutions. We elaborate on the analysis and the indicators for professional development that were identified. Such analysis offers a practical approach based on established theoretical frameworks in an effort to provide insights into professional growth and the supervisory relationship.

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  1. Department of Educational and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Egnatia 156, 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Vasilia Kountoura, Ioannis Agaliotis & Hariklia Proios

  2. School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

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Nomenclature

AGR:

Agree

AV:

Avoid

Abs:

Abstain

CAT:

Catalytic

CaEf:

Cause and Effect

C:

Column

Coll:

Collaborate

Conc:

Concede

Cc:

Concepts

Contr:

Control

Con:

Confrontative

Corr:

Correlation

DD:

Developmental Dyscalculia

Des:

Description

EX:

Exchange

FC:

Facilitative

F:

Facts

H:

High

ID:

Identification

Inf:

Inferential

IT:

Interpersonal Theme

L:

Low

Lat:

Latent

Man:

Manifest

M:

Medium

Nu:

Number

OF:

Offer

Ops:

Opinions

P/I:

Power/ Involvement

PR:

Predictive/Probability

Pres:

Prescriptive

PT:

Professional Theme/ Res= Resolution

SeeS:

Seeking Solutions

SEK:

Seek

SHR:

Share

Sp:

Speaker

Sour:

Source

Stru:

Structure

Sup:

Support

StRea:

Style of Reasoning

s:

supervisee (SpE)

SM:

Supervision Model

S:

Supervisor

Th:

Theme

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Kountoura, V., Agaliotis, I., Loutrari, A. et al. Indicators for professional growth for health care specialists: Face-to-face supervision. Curr Psychol 40, 1958–1967 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-0134-6

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