title: Smartphones, Smart Feedback: Using Mobile Devices to Collect In-the-Moment Feedback.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The goal of this study was to streamline the collection of resident feedback in order to support faculty development and program improvement in psychiatry training.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors developed and implemented a brief, free, mobile survey to track resident feedback and class attendance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prior to instituting this system, resident feedback was obtained semi-annually for each course (n = 90) and not each individual class. In comparison, this new system allowed the authors to collect feedback on 477 of the 519 classes held over the 2014-15 academic year (92 %). Written comments about the curriculum increased over tenfold from 42 in 2013-14 to 541 during a comparative time period in 2014-15. One year after instituting this new system, resident participation increased to 81 % on average (compared to 64 % previously).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mobile devices may provide an inexpensive and relatively untapped mechanism for improving the process of collecting resident feedback and tracking class attendance.
authors.affiliation: New York Presbyterian Hospital Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program of Columbia and Cornell Universities, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Lauren Koehler
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Havel
authors.affiliation: Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Samantha D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.affiliation: Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Cabaniss
authors.affiliation: Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. ma2063@cumc.columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Melissa R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Arbuckle
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D005178:Faculty; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D000068997:Smartphone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Feedback; Mobile technology; Quality improvement; Residency training