Clinical Educators Faculty Development Module (On-Demand)-Providing Effective Student Feedback

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The speaker presented on effective feedback in clinical education, building on a previous talk about being an efficient and effective preceptor. He emphasized that feedback is a core part of precepting and ultimately improves patient care by correcting mistakes, reinforcing good performance, and strengthening clinical competence. Feedback should be distinguished from summative evaluation: feedback is formative, timely, and descriptive, while evaluation is a final judgment.<br /><br />The talk traced the history of feedback and then focused on best practices in medical education. Effective feedback should be specific, nonjudgmental, behavior-based, and delivered in a respectful climate with clear goals and expectations. Learners should be encouraged to self-assess and reflect. The speaker warned against vague praise like “good job,” which often does not help learners improve.<br /><br />Several feedback models were reviewed: the feedback sandwich, ask-tell-ask, Pendleton method, and the one-minute preceptor. He noted that different situations may call for different approaches and that a combination of methods is often most effective.<br /><br />The presentation also covered how to receive feedback well: listen, show gratitude, clarify understanding, and adopt a growth mindset. Barriers to feedback include poor timing, inadequate privacy, unclear expectations, weak relationships, and concerns about learner defensiveness. Practical tips included being intentional, timely, kind, specific, and proactive. The speaker concluded that feedback is essential for both learning and patient care, and skill in giving and receiving it improves with practice.

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Providing Effective Student Feedback Recording

Keywords

clinical education

effective feedback

precepting

patient care

formative feedback

summative evaluation

medical education

feedback models

self-assessment

growth mindset