Improving Pediatric Fellows' Feedback Skills and Confidence Through Objective Structured Examinations.

ABSTRACT: Background Medical trainees must learn how to provide effective feedback as an essential communication skill, yet few models exist for training and assessing these skills. Objective To develop an observed structured feedback examination (OSFE) to provide feedback training to pediatric fellows and assess changes in skills and self-reported confidence. Methods This educational study was conducted from 2019 to 2020 at an academic children's hospital. Our team developed the OSFE and trained standardized feedback recipients and faculty. Fellows completed baseline self-assessments (31 items) on prior exposure to feedback training, application of skills, and confidence. They then participated in the OSFE, giving feedback to a standardized recipient using a standardized scenar

SUBMITTER: Yu JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10829923 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature