John R. Cutcliffe is Acadia Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing at the University of Maine, USA. He is also Adjunct Professor of Nursing at the University of Ulster, UK, and the University of Malta, the Associate Editor (Americas) for the International Journal of Mental Health and an Assistant Editor for the International Journal of Nursing Studies.Kristiina Hyrkäs is Director of the Center for Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes at Maine Medical Center and Adjunct Professor of Nursing at the University of Southern Maine, USA. She is also the Editor of the Journal of Nursing Management. John Fowler is Principal Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at De Montfort University, UK. He has held recent joint appointment posts as an educational consultant and undertakes a number of consultancy posts with the NHS and the independent sector.

• Introduction Section 1: Education, Training and Approaches to Clinical Supervision Section 2: Introducing, Implementing and Developing Clinical Supervision Section 3: The Practice and Experiences of Clinical Supervision Section 4: Contemporary Research Activity on Clinical Supervision Section 5: International Perspectives and Developments in the 'State of the Science' of Clinical Supervision

John R. Cutcliffe is Acadia Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing at the University of Maine, USA. He is also Adjunct Professor of Nursing at the University of Ulster, UK, and the University of Malta, the Associate Editor (Americas) for the International Journal of Mental Health and an Assistant Editor for the International Journal of Nursing Studies.Kristiina Hyrkäs is Director of the Center for Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes at Maine Medical Center and Adjunct Professor of Nursing at the University of Southern Maine, USA. She is also the Editor of the Journal of Nursing Management. John Fowler is Principal Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at De Montfort University, UK. He has held recent joint appointment posts as an educational consultant and undertakes a number of consultancy posts with the NHS and the independent sector.

• Introduction Section 1: Education, Training and Approaches to Clinical Supervision Section 2: Introducing, Implementing and Developing Clinical Supervision Section 3: The Practice and Experiences of Clinical Supervision Section 4: Contemporary Research Activity on Clinical Supervision Section 5: International Perspectives and Developments in the 'State of the Science' of Clinical Supervision

John R. Cutcliffe is Acadia Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing at the University of Maine, USA. He is also Adjunct Professor of Nursing at the University of Ulster, UK, and the University of Malta, the Associate Editor (Americas) for the International Journal of Mental Health and an Assistant Editor for the International Journal of Nursing Studies.Kristiina Hyrkäs is Director of the Center for Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes at Maine Medical Center and Adjunct Professor of Nursing at the University of Southern Maine, USA. She is also the Editor of the Journal of Nursing Management. John Fowler is Principal Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at De Montfort University, UK. He has held recent joint appointment posts as an educational consultant and undertakes a number of consultancy posts with the NHS and the independent sector.

• Introduction Section 1: Education, Training and Approaches to Clinical Supervision Section 2: Introducing, Implementing and Developing Clinical Supervision Section 3: The Practice and Experiences of Clinical Supervision Section 4: Contemporary Research Activity on Clinical Supervision Section 5: International Perspectives and Developments in the 'State of the Science' of Clinical Supervision