title: Are we closing the gap in faculty development needs for feedback training?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine needs, adequacy, types of resources, and challenges in teaching faculty how to provide feedback to residents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey instrument.
  
  
  METHODS
  Academic medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Of the 115 anesthesia residency program directors surveyed, 69 responses were received (60% response rate).
  
  
  METHODS
  Percentages of respondents who indicated categories of need, adequacy, and types of resources for teaching faculty to give feedback to residents were recorded, as were narrative descriptions of challenges confronted by respondents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  While the percentage of programs with faculty development resources has increased from 20.2% in 1999 to 48% today, an overwhelming majority of program directors (90%) feel that faculty require more training in providing feedback to residents. The majority of program directors also want more resources to train their faculty in providing feedback.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While the perceived gap in providing training for faculty in giving feedback to anesthesia residents has narrowed, program director responses suggest a substantial unmet need remains. Innovative new approaches are in order.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: jdmitche@bidmc.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Elena J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Holak
authors.forename: H Nicole
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muret-Wagstaff
authors.forename: Stephanie B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brzezinski
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education*; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Anesthesia, education; Anesthesiologists; Feedback; Resources; Survey