supervision

supervision

[-vizh′ən]

(in psychology) a process whereby a therapist is helped to become a more effective clinician through the direction of a supervisor who provides theoretic knowledge and therapeutic techniques and supports the working through of transference and countertransference reactions.

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supervision [soo″per-vizh´un]

the process of being in charge of or directing something.

health care supervision in the omaha system, a client problem in the health related behaviors domain, defined as the management of the treatment plan by a health care professional.

staff supervision in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as facilitating the delivery of high-quality patient care by others.

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supervision,

n the active administering and overseeing of all the functionings of the dental practice and the auxiliaries employed therein.

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supervision

Graduate education The oversight of physicians-in-training by an experienced physician as part of the residency training; supervision is a fine art that requires 'alert hovering' so that '…errors of thought don't become errors of action'. See Libby Zion, Medical supervision.