Medical residents and attending physicians’ perceptions of feedback and teaching in the United States: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Residents and attendings agree on the importance of feedback to resident education. However, while faculty report providing frequent feedback, residents often do not perceive receiving it, particularly in the context of teaching. Given the nuanced differences between feedback and teaching, we aimed to explore resident and attending perceptions of feedback and teaching in the clinical setting.

Methods

We conducted a qualitative study of internal medicine residents and attendings from December 2018 through March 2019 at the Massachusetts General Hospital to investigate perceptions of feedback in the inpatient clinical setting. Residents and faculty were recruited to participate in focus groups. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis to explore perspectives and barr

SUBMITTER: Matthiesen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9247714 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature