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Challenges in multisource feedback: intended and unintended outcomes.

Joan Sargeant1, Karen Mann, Douglas Sinclair

  • 1Department of Continuing Medical Education, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. joan.sargeant@dal.ca

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Summary

Multisource feedback (MSF) can guide doctor learning, but its effectiveness depends on how feedback is interpreted. Specific, credible feedback, especially from patients, enhances its consequential validity for driving practice change.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Qualitative Research
  • Healthcare Professional Development

Background:

  • Multisource feedback (MSF) is a formative assessment tool for guiding physician learning and performance improvement.
  • Concerns exist regarding the consequential validity of MSF, specifically its ability to produce intended learning and behavioral changes.
  • Understanding how physicians utilize MSF and the factors influencing its use is crucial for optimizing its effectiveness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the consequential validity of multisource feedback (MSF) in a physician population.
  • To investigate how physicians interpret and utilize MSF to guide their learning and practice.
  • To identify conditions that influence the use and impact of MSF on physician performance.

Main Methods:

  • A qualitative study employing semi-structured interviews with open-ended questions.
  • Purposeful sampling of family physicians who participated in an MSF pilot assessment.
  • Participants were recruited from groups receiving high scores and average/lower scores on MSF.

Main Results:

  • Physicians who interpreted feedback as negative were more likely to consider change.
  • Reported changes primarily involved patient and team communication, less so clinical competence.
  • Positive influences on change included specific feedback, consistency across sources, and credible reviewers (frequently patients).

Conclusions:

  • Circumstances contributing to low consequential validity of MSF for physicians were identified.
  • Enhancing procedural credibility through observable behaviors and feedback specificity can improve MSF utility.
  • Consideration of objective measures alongside MSF may further support clinical competence development.