title: What kind of feedback do medical students want?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Feedback in medical education is as important as developing the curriculum and choosing the right method of instruction. This study measured three overarching areas: student satisfaction rates with academic feedback, the type and helpfulness of the feedback, and the types of feedback that students want.
  
  
  METHODS
  In December 2013, 166 students answered a student survey that consisted of 26 items. The survey asked questions on their experiences with the overall feedback that was given the previous semester, the satisfaction rate, the type of feedback that was received, the helpfulness of the feedback, and the types of feedback that were desired after examinations and learning tasks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 35% of the students were satisfied with the feedback that they received in the previous semester. Students wanted more systematic (61.4%) and timely feedback (30.1%). The types of feedback that were most desired were "written comment feedback from the teacher" (51.8%) for learning tasks and "item difficulty, percentile ranks feedback" for examinations (62.0%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Students found the current feedback to be helpful, but the lack of feedback that students desired indicates that we must provide more systematic feedback in a more timely manner.
authors: Faculty Development Committee, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors: Jong-Yeup
authors: JY
authors: Kim
authors: Faculty Development Committee, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors: Baeg Ju
authors: BJ
authors: Na
authors: Faculty Development Committee, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors: Jungmin
authors: J
authors: Yun
authors: Faculty Development Committee, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors: Jaegu
authors: J
authors: Kang
authors: Faculty Development Committee, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors: Seungyeon
authors: S
authors: Han
authors: Faculty Development Committee, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors: Wonmin
authors: W
authors: Hwang
authors: Faculty Development Committee, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors: Yera
authors: Y
authors: Hur
keywords: Curriculum; Feedback; Medical education