• Dotun Ogunyemi, Ewina Fung, Carolyn Alexander, David Finke, Jonathan Solnik, and Ricardo Azziz.
• J Grad Med Educ. 2009 Sep 1; 1 (1): 127-31.

ObjectiveTo assess the value of a faculty and resident medical education development program.Study DesignModules on Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competencies and evaluation, teaching methods, and Residency Review Committee guidelines were created, beta tested, and installed on a website. Pretests and posttests were developed. Faculty and residents were required to complete the course. At initiation and 6 months after training, residents completed a feedback perception survey. Statistical analysis was performed using Student t test. P < .05 was considered significant.ResultsForty-nine voluntary faculty members and residents completed the course. The posttest scores on all the ACGME competencies were significantly higher than the pretest scores (P < .05). The results of the residents' survey indicated that the educational development program significantly improved their perceptions of corrective and immediate feedback by faculty.ConclusionA formal Internet-based program significantly increases short-term cognitive knowledge about the ACGME competencies among participants and improves trainees' perceptions of the quality of faculty feedback up to 6 months after training.

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