What does "Timely" Mean to Residents? Challenging Feedback Assumptions in Postgraduate Education.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Current orthodoxy states that feedback should be timely and face-to-face, yet the optimal timing and mode of delivery for feedback is unclear. We explored what "optimal timing" means from residents' points of view as feedback providers and receivers, to ultimately inform strategies to optimize feedback in training.

Methods

As near-peers who have dual roles in both providing and receiving feedback, 16 subspecialty (PGY4 and 5) internal medicine residents were interviewed about their perceptions of the optimal timing and format of feedback. Using constructivist grounded theory, interviews were conducted and analyzed iteratively.

Results

Drawing on their experiences as providers and recipients, residents described simultaneously considering and weighing mult

SUBMITTER: Lip A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10275343 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature