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Surgeons have an opportunity to improve teaching quality through feedback provision
Katherine M Heckman1, Renaid B Kim1, Anderson Lee1
1University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Journal of Surgical Research
|June 26, 2018
Summary
Faculty responsiveness to student feedback requests significantly improves medical education teaching quality scores. Increasing feedback response rates enhances learner perceptions of teaching effectiveness, highlighting the value of timely communication in medical training.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education Research
- Health Professions Education
Background:
- Learner perceptions of teaching quality are crucial for faculty promotion and tenure.
- Discrepancies exist between student and faculty perceptions of adequate feedback.
- The Minute Feedback System (MFS) offers a quantifiable measure of faculty responsiveness.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the impact of feedback provision via the Minute Feedback System (MFS) on faculty teaching quality scores.
- To investigate the correlation between faculty response rates to student feedback requests and teaching quality.
Main Methods:
- Retrospective observational study design.
- Utilized data from the core surgical clerkship at the University of Michigan Medical School.
- Employed weighted regression analysis to examine the relationship between MFS response percentage and teaching quality scores.
Main Results:
- A significant positive correlation was found between faculty feedback response percentage and teaching quality scores (P < 0.001).
- Each 10% increase in response rate correlated with a 0.075 improvement in average teaching quality score.
- Response time, faculty gender, and surgical service were not significantly associated with teaching quality scores.
Conclusions:
- Faculty responsiveness to student feedback is a key determinant of perceived teaching quality in medical education.
- Faculty development programs emphasizing efficient feedback strategies can enhance teaching effectiveness.
- The Minute Feedback System (MFS) provides a valuable tool for measuring and improving faculty responsiveness.
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