Staff seemed reasonably happy with the continuous education and supervision opportunities.
Professional networking, education and supervision opportunities for rural and remote health-care practitioners have increased with the availability and use of the internet [ 15].
(3) Health facility factors Questions were asked about the availability of psychotropic medications, rooms for consultation, guidelines for treatment of mental illnesses, consultation and supervision opportunities for mental health care, as well as time to deliver mental health care in the health facility in which the respondent was working.
So let us reduce waiting times but, crucially, let us equip the staff working in mental health with good training, skilled supervision and opportunities to regularly reflectively examine the inevitable impact of the work they are engaged in.
Such studies need to be based in typical, low-income settings where supervision and opportunities for continuous learning or ongoing mentorship and resources for post-resuscitation care may be limited.
Worker motivation is influenced by working conditions or hygiene factors [ 10, 11], including facility infrastructure and availability of resources; organisational support including supervision, training opportunities and professional promotion; and organisational structures and processes.
The most thorough review of CHW incentives to date, by Bhattacharya et al., identified a number of key non-monetary elements that foster motivation, including community embeddedness, formal recognition, frequent supervision, training opportunities, a supportive political environment, and connecting the person's work to a higher purpose [ 12].
And being needed felt good, as it provided the validation that was most certainly missing in the role where you had no supervision, feedback, or opportunities for professional development.
The weekly supervision presented regular opportunities for CMs and supervisors to reflect on patients and monitor their progress jointly.
The scores on the educational climate are divided into three categories: learning opportunities, supervision and feedback and organization of work.
Workplaces which protected time for intentional learning activities such as journal clubs, in-services and formal clinical supervision afforded greater opportunities for workplace learning to occur.
