Exploring Anesthesia Provider Preferences for Precision Feedback: Preference Elicitation Study.

Area of Science:

• Healthcare professional development
• Medical education technology
• Clinical quality improvement

Background:

• Continuous learning is crucial for healthcare professionals due to rapid biomedical knowledge expansion.
• Clinical quality dashboards offer feedback but often suffer from low engagement.
• Personalized feedback, responsive to individual needs and preferences, is largely absent in current systems.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore anesthesia provider preferences for precision feedback.
• To understand how to enhance the effectiveness of performance feedback in healthcare.

Main Methods:

• Developed precision feedback messages across four performance scenarios.
• Employed an experimental design to compare message versions.
• Recruited anesthesia providers to elicit preferences and rate perceived benefits on a 5-point Likert scale.

Main Results:

• Thirty-five anesthesia providers participated, showing diverse yet internally consistent preferences.
• Preferences for message temporality and display format were consistent within individuals.
• Preferred messages received high ratings for perceived benefit to clinical practice (mean 4.27/5).

Conclusions:

• Healthcare professionals exhibit varied but consistent preferences for precision feedback.
• A "one-size-fits-most" feedback strategy is inadequate.
• Precision feedback systems show promise for enhancing continuous learning by accommodating individual preferences.