Speaker: Bev Suntjens, BA (Recreation Therapy)

BCTRA PRESENTS:

Beyond the Feedback Sandwich: Using Advocacy-Inquiry Techniques for Excellence as a TR Clinical Preceptor and Team Leader

In this 2-part workshop, participants will explore the feedback skills necessary to meet clinical supervision and mentoring competencies. Using the steps of the Advocacy-Inquiry method of providing feedback (Rudolph et al, 2007), participants will work through realistic (and challenging) practicum scenarios. Participants of past sessions have expressed that this new style of providing feedback has also furthered their competency as a Team Leader.

The Learning Objectives for this session include: 1. To complete a self-inventory to explore professional weaknesses, strengths, and “frames” as a clinical preceptor 2. To define feedback, and describe the steps of the Advocacy- Inquiry method of providing feedback – how you can use it as a preceptor to maximize student performance (Rudolph et al., 2007) 3. To demonstrate the ability to address issues employing Advocacy- Inquiry feedback techniques in some TR-specific scenarios

Friday, March 13th, 2015, 8:30 – 4:00 pm Douglas College, David Lam Campus (1250 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7X3, Room A2050)

Registration information: Registration form on the BCTRA website. Due to the nature of this workshop, videoconferencing is not available. We will not be accepting registrations for half a day. Maximum capacity for this workshop is 60 people, so register soon to reserve your spot!

Cost: $25 per BCTRA member, $40 per non-BCTRA member. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.

***Registration Deadline: Friday, March 6, 2015

Speaker: Bev Suntjens is a passionate Recreation Therapist and Educator with 24 years of experience in promoting excellence in Therapeutic Recreation service. Since obtaining her Degree from the University of Alberta, she has practised in continuing care, assisted living, and day programs, in both urban and rural care settings. She has devoted the past 12 years of her career to student success in Therapeutic Recreation, most recently as the Program Chair for Allied Health at NorQuest College in Edmonton, Alberta. Her teaching style is interactive and full of opportunities for feedback. Bev loves to tell stories (is twice published in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series) and balances her life by reading, walking her neurotic dogs, and camping with her husband and 3 teens.