The clinical supervison research paper should include: a) a statement of the importance of the topic to the supervision field, (b) critical questions about the topic, (c) what answers are available and the merits (validity) of these answers (i.e., a critique of the literature reviewed), (d) implications for the practice of supervision, (e) what questions need to be addressed by researchers, and (f) how one might go about answering those questions.

The topic that would be used for the above criteria would be: Supervision of counselor working with particular clients (e.g., adolescents.)