Critical importance of effective supervision  in postgraduate medical education

Forsyth, Kevin D

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02750.x

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Supporting trainees more effectively will benefit doctors and patients

In this issue of the Journal, Hore and colleagues discuss clinical supervision in postgraduate medical education.1 They identify multiple difficulties and signal the need for adequate training and supervision, and for environments that support such supervision.

Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: kevin.forsyth@racp.edu.au

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