title: Teaching across the continuum: variations in rankings and valued teaching components between surgery residents and medical students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Surgical faculty teach medical students and residents within the same environment; however, each group may require different teaching methods. The aim of this study was to identify teaching components valued by these sets of learners.
  
  
  METHODS
  Teaching evaluations for 43 surgical faculty members who received yearly evaluations from students and residents were analyzed. Highest and lowest ranked educators in medical student evaluations were traced to corresponding rankings in resident evaluations. Thematic analysis was conducted on written comments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Educators rated the highest in the medical student group were spread out among the residents' rankings, with several educators being rated the lowest. Similar patterns were observed in reverse for faculty rated highly by residents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Residents and medical students value faculty teaching using different criteria, with residents more focused on operative autonomy and medical students focused on approachability. Using one group to define best teaching methods is insufficient as learners value different optimal attributes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Gurjit
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sandhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Adina B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Magas
authors.affiliation: Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Office of Medical Student Education, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Joel A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Purkiss
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: reddyrm@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Rishindra M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching
keywords: Assessment; Faculty; Medical student; Resident; Teaching