Boosting access to rural and remote clinical supervision training

Melissa (Melba) Ridd; Leigh Moore

Boosting access to rural and remote clinical supervision training

College of Medicine and Public Health

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Abstract

To recruit and retain quality rural and remote health professionals, we need to support them with quality clinical supervision at work. In the Northern Territory, face-to-face professional development is limited, and turnover of health professionals remains high.

Since 2012, the NT Flinders University Department of Rural Health (NT UDRH) has offered clinical supervision workshops to health professionals of all disciplines who supervise learners in the workplace. Historically, training has been run out of Darwin by a team of two academics and one professional staff member.

We had a problem. It was a good problem! But a problem nonetheless… the workshops became popular! We’ve even had several participants drive over 300km each way just to attend. As awareness and popularity of the NT UDRH clinical supervision workshops grew, capacity to deliver became more challenging and the costs involved continued to rise. We wanted to ensure we could meet the needs of supervisors over a massive geographical area...

Original language	English
No.	93
Specialist publication	Partyline: The magazine for healthy and sustainable rural, regional and remote communities
Publication status	Published - 16 Dec 2025

Keywords

rural health
remote health
clinical supervison
professional development
health professionals

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https://ruralhealth.org.au/partyline/boosting-access-to-rural-and-remote-clinical-supervision-training/Licence: In Copyright

Beyond the Workshop: How Clinical Supervisors Turn Training into Practice
Ridd, M., King, S. & Moore, L., Jul 2025, ANZAHPE Conference 2025: Embracing the Future: Abstract Book. p. 103 1 p. 480
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Heart to Practice: Growing Access to Rural Clinical Supervision Training
Ridd, M., Oct 2025.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

Open Access
Turning the Tide: Can we stop supervisors from “eating their young”?
Ridd, M., Moore, L. & Campbell, N., 27 Jun 2023, ANZAHPE 2023: Turning tides. Navigating the Opportunties: Abstract Book. 978-0-6488285-3-2: Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE), 1 p. 81
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Boosting access to rural and remote clinical supervision training

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Beyond the Workshop: How Clinical Supervisors Turn Training into Practice

Heart to Practice: Growing Access to Rural Clinical Supervision Training

Turning the Tide: Can we stop supervisors from “eating their young”?

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