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Karen J Dickinson1, Barbara L Bass2, Edward A Graviss3
1Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Surgical educator effectiveness is linked to learning preferences and teaching styles. Self-assessment of teaching styles may enhance surgical faculty development and improve resident evaluations.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Surgical Training
- Faculty Development
Background:
- Effective surgical educators possess distinct attributes and foster specific learner relationships.
- Understanding factors influencing surgical educator effectiveness is crucial for optimizing training programs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the impact of intrinsic learning preferences and teaching styles on surgical educator effectiveness.
- To identify key attributes of effective surgical educators for faculty development initiatives.
Main Methods:
- Assessed learning preferences, teaching styles, and self-assessed teaching skills of general surgery attendings.
- Collected resident evaluations of attending surgical educators using standardized assessments.
Main Results:
- Multimodal learning preference was most common; however, no statistically significant difference in effectiveness was found compared to kinesthetic preferences.
- Attendings with Teaching Style 5 received lower "professional attitude towards residents" scores.
- Attendings self-rated "communication of goals," "evaluation of residents," and "overall teaching performance" lower than resident assessments.
Conclusions:
- Identifying intrinsic factors of effective surgical educators is vital for faculty development.
- Encouraging self-assessment of teaching styles among surgical attendings may enhance their effectiveness.
- Aligning self-perception with resident feedback can improve surgical teaching quality.
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