title: A guide to clinical research supervision for psychiatrists: a mentoring approach.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide a guide for clinically-based psychiatrist supervisors of research projects for early career researchers.
  
  
  METHODS
  This paper will describe a mentoring framework for supervision, for psychiatrist clinical research supervisors and early career researchers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The domains discussed include, across various aspects of a study: the role of the supervisor, project management, and where and when to seek advice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Supervision of clinical research can be a professionally rewarding experience for psychiatrists, as well as early career researcher supervisees.
authors.affiliation: Committee for Research, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), Melbourne, VICAcademic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, Australian National University Medical School, Canberra, ACTMental Health Service, ACT Health Directorate, Canberra Hospital, Woden, ACT, Australia jeffrey.looi@anu.edu.au.
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Looi
authors.affiliation: Committee for Research, RANZCP, Melbourne, VICUniversity of Queensland School of Medicine, Woollongabba, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kisely
authors.affiliation: Committee for Research, RANZCP, Melbourne, VICGraduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSWIllawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Macfarlane
authors.affiliation: Committee for Research, RANZCP, Melbourne, VICSchool of Medicine and Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Service, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Siskind
authors.affiliation: Committee for Research, RANZCP, Melbourne, VICWA Centre for Mental Health Policy Research, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Geoff
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Committee for Research, RANZCP, Melbourne, VICAged Psychiatry, Monash UniversityCaulfield Aged Psychiatry Service, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Macfarlane
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*
keywords: clinical research; guidelines; mentoring; project management; psychiatrist; supervision