• J Gen Intern Med · Jun 2009

    Comparative Study

    Teaching feedback to first-year medical students: long-term skill retention and accuracy of student self-assessment.

    • Marieke Kruidering-Hall, Patricia S O'Sullivan, and Calvin L Chou.
    • Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, S-1210D, Box 0450, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0450, USA. kruidering@cmp.ucsf.edu
    • J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Jun 1; 24 (6): 721726721-6.

    BackgroundGiving and receiving feedback are critical skills and should be taught early in the process of medical education, yet few studies discuss the effect of feedback curricula for first-year medical students.ObjectivesTo study short-term and long-term skills and attitudes of first-year medical students after a multidisciplinary feedback curriculum.DesignProspective pre- vs. post-course evaluation using mixed-methods data analysis.ParticipantsFirst-year students at a public university medical school.InterventionsWe collected anonymous student feedback to faculty before, immediately after, and 8 months after the curriculum and classified comments by recommendation (reinforcing/corrective) and specificity (global/specific). Students also self-rated their comfort with and quality of feedback. We assessed changes in comments (skills) and self-rated abilities (attitudes) across the three time points.Measurements And Main ResultsAcross the three time points, students' evaluation contained more corrective specific comments per evaluation [pre-curriculum mean (SD) 0.48 (0.99); post-curriculum 1.20 (1.7); year-end 0.95 (1.5); p = 0.006]. Students reported increased skill and comfort in giving and receiving feedback and at providing constructive feedback (p < 0.001). However, the number of specific comments on year-end evaluations declined [pre 3.35 (2.0); post 3.49 (2.3); year-end 2.8 (2.1)]; p = 0.008], as did students' self-rated ability to give specific comments.ConclusionTeaching feedback to early medical students resulted in improved skills of delivering corrective specific feedback and enhanced comfort with feedback. However, students' overall ability to deliver specific feedback decreased over time.

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