Educational Supervision sucks. It's often pointless and you can't cover enough in the time available to you. How is a rushed meeting that you've had to come in early for helpful? I don't think it matters as much in the smaller departments where you work with your supervisor often, but in big departments...you never work with your department.
How about a weekly email update? The student can detail their progress, together with 3 good things and 3 things they need to work on. The tutor can read, comment if needed, and send 3 good things and 3 bad things. Maybe weekly is too often - but it is good to touch base.
I have no idea how I'm doing at the moment. I have this subjective feeling that I'm really bad at referring to the medics - but I'm not sure why...or how to work on it. It'd be good to know if this could be improved upon.
