title: Content and conceptual frameworks of psychology and social work preceptor feedback related to the educational requests of family medicine residents.
abstract: Supervision of communication competency in clinical settings in medicine is an important component of professional training. The purpose of this study was to describe the content and rationale of psychology and social work preceptor feedback to family medicine residents who express educational needs during case-based written vignettes.
  
  
  
  We conducted a qualitative study with 25 psychology and social work preceptors from family medicine departments of the three French-speaking universities in the province of Quebec, Canada. During an individual interview, preceptors were asked to respond to three short case-based written vignettes depicting resident educational issues regarding communication and to explain their responses. Authors analyzed the content of responses and the conceptual frameworks reported.
  
  
  
  The three vignettes elicited 475 responses, including 58 distinct responses and 33 distinct conceptual frameworks. Therapeutic alliance and stages of grief were the two most reported conceptual frameworks.
  
  
  
  The vignettes stimulated a wealth of responses and conceptual frameworks among psychology and social work preceptors in family medicine.
  
  
  
  The complete list of responses could be useful for faculty development activities by stimulating preceptors' reflexive practice with regard to their responses, the educational goals of these responses and the conceptual frameworks underlying their feedback.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada; Faculty of Medicine, Ferdinand-Vandry Building, Office 2476, Quebec, G1V 0A6, Canada. Electronic address: luc.cote@fmed.ulaval.ca.
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Côté
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Laval University, Quebec, Canada; Faculty of Social Sciences, Félix-Antoine-Savard Building, 2325 Allée des Bibliothèques, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada. Electronic address: rhea.rocque.1@ulaval.ca.
authors.forename: Rhéa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rocque
authors.affiliation: Unit of Development and Research in Medical Education, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Primary Care Unit (UIGP), BFM Local 4091, Centre Médical Universitaire de Genève, 9 Avenue de Champel, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland. Electronic address: marie-claude.audetat@unige.ch.
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Audétat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D003142:Communication; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D011231:Preceptorship; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012947:Social Work; D013663:Teaching
keywords: Clinical teaching; Family medicine; Feedback; Preceptors