NAERUM, DK November 20 -- In the transition from classroom to clinic, audiology students depend upon experienced clinicians to help them implement academic skills in interactions with patients in real-world clinical settings. The Clinical Supervisor Kit, Ida Institute’s newest tool, supports clinicians in this critical training role, offering a comprehensive background on patient-centered care and practical strategies for effectively mentoring students in clinical training situations.
The three-module course gives clinicians an easily accessed overview of patient-centered tools and methodologies that reflect the teaching of current university programs A module on mentoring and evaluating student performance features practical guidelines on applying university teachings in a clinical setting to enable students to build and strengthen their patient-centered skills.
“Clinical supervisors play an important role in helping audiology students develop the technical and the communication skills required to practice successfully in a patient-centered way,” says Ida Institute Managing Director Lise Lotte Bundesen. “In collaboration with an outstanding group of educators and clinicians from the Ida Network, we identified a need to provide support for clinicians new to the supervisory role as well as those who simply wanted to remain up-to-date on students' theoretical background in the areas of patient-centered care and counseling. The Clinical Supervisor Kit is an excellent way to stay current with the newest patient-centered tools and methodologies and at the same time, sharpen mentoring and evaluation skills.”
Ida Institute’s newest tool is the result of a collaborative effort involving leading educators and clinical supervisors representing universities and public and private clinics around the world as well as Ida Institute staff. Collaborators share their experiences and insights in video clips and commentary throughout the Clinical Supervisor Kit’s three modules.
In the Patient-Centered Care module, Audiologist Eileen Rall of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Salus University offers her perspective on the importance of ongoing training and support for clinical supervisors. A series of videos featuring Deborah Ferrari, Professor of Audiology at the College of Bauru, University of Sao Paulo provide an overview of the fundamental principles of patient-centered care and its benefits to both clinician and patient. The module also includes a lecture by Lorraine Gailey, CEO Hearing Concern LINK, that explores common barriers to implementation of patient-centered care.
A module on How to Foster Patient-Centered Care presents practical tools that help foster patient-centered practices. Interview guides, patient motivation assessment materials and a reflection tool support the development of self-analysis, self-evaluation, and problem-solving skills in new clinicians. Ida Institute Senior Audiologist Melanie Gregory reviews the Ida Motivational Tools (The Line, The Box and The Circle) and Ida’s Reflective Journal that enables clinicians to gain deeper insight into their own clinical practice and to understand their own behavior.
In Mentoring Students and Evaluating Performance, Professor Alice Holmes of the College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, offers “golden rules” for mentoring and evaluating audiology students as they seek to apply patient-centered care principles in actual patient encounters. In a series of short videos, Holmes shares insights and key learnings from her 28 years of experience as a clinical supervisor. The module also includes a review of the Audiological Counseling Evaluation (ACE) tool that focuses on specific strategies for assessing a student’s skills when informing parents of a child’s significant hearing loss. The Assessment Template for 5As, an evaluation tool structured to follow the natural flow of a real appointment, enables clinical supervisors to give students’ timely feedback in busy clinical settings.
Other collaborators in development of the Clinical Supervisor Kit include: Carol Cokely, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Texas at Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders; Andy Lau, Doctor of Audiology Extern, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Danielle Rocktaschel, Pediatric audiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Sharon Sandridge, Director, Audiology Clinical Services, Cleveland Clinic; Paula Schauer, Audiologist and Clinical Supervisor and Instructor in Aural Habilitation and Rehabilitation, University of Maryland and Barbara Weinstein, Professor and Executive Officer, Audiology (Au.D.) Program, Graduate Center, City University of New York.
The Clinical Supervisor Kit is available for free download at idainstitute.com, as are all of the tools in Ida Institute’s comprehensive Tool Room.
