Building a doctor, one skill at a time: Rethinking clinical training through a new skills-based feedback modality.

ABSTRACT: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education milestones and entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are important assessment approaches but may lack specificity for learners seeking improvement through daily feedback. As in other professions, clinicians grow best when they engage in deliberate practice of well-defined skills in familiar contexts. This growth is augmented by specific, actionable coaching from supervisors. This article proposes a new feedback modality called microskills, which are derived from the psychology, negotiation, and business literature, and are unique in their ability to elicit targeted feedback for trainee development. These microskills are grounded in both clinical and situational contexts, thereby mirroring learners' cognitive schemas and allowing

SUBMITTER: Kappy B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8505598 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature