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Transforming Feedback into Learning Throughout the Trajectory of Competency Based Medical Education
Shun Ping Wu1, Yu Fai Choi2, Leena Patel3,4
1Hong Kong College of Paediatricians, Aberdeen, Hong Kong. spwucollege@gmail.com.
Feedback literacy empowers medical learners to actively seek, process, and act on feedback, enhancing professional development. Embedding this skill is crucial for effective competency-based medical education.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Professional Development
- Healthcare Training
Background:
- Feedback is vital for medical professionals' growth, from training to practice.
- Barriers often hinder effective feedback exchange between learners and educators.
- Traditional feedback models place passive roles on learners.
Purpose of the Study:
- To highlight the importance of feedback literacy in medical education.
- To emphasize the shift towards learner-centered feedback processes.
- To advocate for integrating feedback literacy into competency-based medical education.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of feedback models in medical training.
- Exploration of the components of feedback literacy (seeking, generating, processing, acting).
- Discussion on the role of self-reflection and trainer feedback literacy.
Main Results:
- Feedback literacy shifts responsibility to learners for active engagement.
- Developing feedback literacy enhances medical competencies and self-reflection.
- Trainers require high feedback literacy to support learners effectively.
Conclusions:
- Feedback literacy is essential for maximizing feedback's impact on learner achievement.
- Integrating feedback literacy throughout medical education is recommended.
- This approach supports the progressive sophistication of medical competencies.
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