title: Providing rapid feedback to residents on their teaching skills: an educational strategy for contemporary trainees.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to assess the attitudes of contemporary residents toward receiving rapid feedback on their teaching skills from their medical student learners.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants consisted of 20 residents in their second post-graduate training year. These residents facilitated 44 teaching sessions with medical students within our Resident-as-Teacher program. Structured, written feedback from students was returned to the resident within 3 days following each session. Residents completed a short survey about the utility of the feedback, whether they would make a change to future teaching sessions based on the feedback, and what specifically they might change. The survey utilized a 4-point scale ("Not helpful/likely=1" to "Very helpful/likely=4"), and allowed for one free-text response. Free-text responses were hand-coded and underwent qualitative analysis to identify themes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 182 student feedback encounters resulting from 44 teaching sessions. The survey response rate was 73% (32/44). Ninety-four percent of residents rated the rapid feedback as "very helpful," and 91% would "very likely" make a change to subsequent sessions based on student feedback. Residents' proposed changes included modifications to session content and/or their personal teaching style.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Residents found that rapid feedback received from medical student learners was highly valuable to them in their roles as teachers. A rapid feedback strategy may facilitate an optimal educational environment for contemporary trainees.
authors.affiliation: Lewis M. Fraad Department of Pediatrics, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Katz-Sidlow
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: Tamar G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Baer
authors.affiliation: Lewis M. Fraad Department of Pediatrics, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Gershel
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Feedback; graduate medical education; millennials; resident-as-teacher program