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Developing specialist CBT supervision training in Scotland using blended learning: challenges and opportunities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2016

Sandra Ferguson Open the ORCID record for Sandra Ferguson [Opens in a new window] ,
Sean Harper ,
Shirley Platz ,
Graham Sloan  and
Katharine Smith
Sandra Ferguson*
Affiliation:
NHS Education for Scotland–Psychology Directorate, Westport, Edinburgh, UK
Sean Harper
Affiliation:
South of Scotland Cognitive Therapy Training Programme–Psychology, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
Shirley Platz
Affiliation:
South of Scotland Cognitive Therapy Training Programme–Psychology, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
Graham Sloan
Affiliation:
NHS Ayrshire and Arran–Psychological Services, Ayr, UK
Katharine Smith
Affiliation:
NHS Education for Scotland–Psychology Directorate, Westport, Edinburgh, UK
*
*Author for correspondence: Dr S. Ferguson, NHS Education for Scotland–Psychology Directorate, Westport 102, Edinburgh EH3 9DN, UK (sandra.ferguson@nes.scot.nhs.uk).
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Abstract

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) has developed a suite of training to address the learning and development needs of supervisors of psychological therapies in the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland and to support quality of evidence-based practice in psychological therapies, in light of the recent expansion in this area of healthcare. In parallel with the structure of the recently developed supervisory competency frameworks, an initial training package addressing generic (cross-modality) supervision competences was supplemented by the development of a training package to meet the specific needs of supervisors of CBT: NES Specialist Supervision Training in CBT (NESSST CBT). A blended learning package was developed, in light of the emerging evidence around the effectiveness of e-learning, to produce a flexible and learner-centred training package. This paper describes the development, delivery and planned evaluation methods of NESSST CBT. Lessons learned during implementation are outlined, along with key challenges regarding the future of supervision training in Scotland and the UK.

Keywords

Clinical supervisioncognitive behaviour psychotherapysupervision competencestraining
Type
Special Issue: International Developments in Supporting and Developing CBT Supervisors
Information
the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist , Volume 9 , 2016 , e26
Copyright
Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2016 

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