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Problems and challenges in providing feedback to clinical teachers on their educational performance: A mixed-methods
Sepideh Jamshidian1, Nikoo Yamani1, Mohammad Reza Sabri2
1Department of Medical Education, Medical Education Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Providing effective feedback to clinical teachers faces challenges like unclear systems and lack of trust. Addressing feedback provider credibility and performance data is crucial for improving educational performance.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Health Professions Education
Background:
- Effective feedback is vital for enhancing clinical teachers' educational performance.
- Identifying challenges in feedback provision is essential for improving teaching quality.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify and analyze the challenges and problems in providing feedback to clinical teachers regarding their educational performance.
Main Methods:
- A mixed-methods approach was employed, starting with qualitative interviews with clinical teachers, students, and officials.
- Inductive content analysis of interviews informed the development of a ten-item questionnaire.
- The questionnaire was completed by 25 clinical teachers to assess the importance and urgency of identified feedback problems.
Main Results:
- Ten themes and five categories of feedback challenges emerged, including lack of transparency, criticizability culture, and motivation.
- Key issues identified were inappropriate feedback providers, inadequate performance data, and failure to consider influencing factors.
- Priority problems included feedback provider suitability, data accuracy, and consideration of external factors affecting performance.
Conclusions:
- Problems related to feedback providers, performance data, and external influencing factors were rated as highly significant.
- Enhancing teacher trust in feedback data and providers, alongside acknowledging performance influencers, is key to feedback acceptance.
- Addressing these core issues can improve the effectiveness of feedback in clinical education.
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