The dual trainee will receive clinical supervision from practitioners both within the scheme in psychotherapy and also outside of the scheme as part of their external academic training.

In the early stages of training (ST4, ST5) clinical supervision is primarily from the Consultant Psychiatrists in Psychotherapy who have a Medical Psychotherapy CCT and who are trainers in the Medical Psychotherapy Training Programme.

Later in training (ST6 onwards) clinical supervision is sought from other professions with a registered training in the chosen model of psychotherapy.

The dual trainee is required to have 700 hours of supervised clinical practice in their primary therapy modality.

The clinical supervisors who supervise the clinical work within the scheme are invited to attend and contribute to the Deanery Medical Psychotherapy Training Committee to facilitate the development of the Medical Psychotherapy Training Scheme.

Clinical supervisor’s reports will be requested on a once yearly basis around six months before the Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP).

These Clinical Supervision Reports will be used to inform the annual assessment of the trainee’s progress and development for the Annual Psychotherapy Appraisal between the Trainee, Medical Psychotherapy Educational Supervisor and Training Programme Director prior to and in preparation for the Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP).

Trainees will observe assessments and be observed undertaking assessments in psychotherapy using the Structured Assessment of Psychotherapy Assessment (SAPA) to assess.

All trainees will be required to maintain reflective practice reports discussed in Educational Supervision of their psychotherapies and general psychiatry assessment feedback as part of self-reflective practice development in the Advanced Medical Psychotherapy Curriculum (2013).