ReviewPerspectives on medical education2017
Is feedback to medical learners associated with characteristics of improved patient care?
Review in Perspectives on medical education, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- "It's helpful to get the time and opportunity to discuss drug treatment; that's what I think is the most important thing."-A qualitative study on prescribing education in junior physicians.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2020Trial
- Are we optimizing medical students' preparation for clerkship? A content analysis of narrative comments on clinical skills during preclinical training.Canadian medical education journal · 2025Article
- Can a novel constructivist theory-informed feedback intervention reduce prescribing errors ? A pre-post study.BMC medical education · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the association of medical learner feedback with patient management and outcomes.
methodsThe authors investigated 27 articles that utilized patient data or chart reviews as a subset of a prior feedback scoping review. Data extraction was completed by two authors and all authors reviewed the descriptive data analysis.
resultsThe studies were predominantly short-term investigations conducted in the US at academic teaching hospitals (89%) with one medical discipline (78%), most commonly internal medicine (56%). Patient-related outcomes primarily involved improved documentation (26%) and adherence to practice guidelines (19%) and were mostly measured through chart reviews (56%) or direct observation (15%). The primary method of feedback delivery involved a written format (30%). The majority of the studies showed a positive effect of feedback on the patient-oriented study outcomes (82%), although most involved a non-rigorous study design.
conclusionsPublished studies focusing on the relationship between medical learner feedback and patient care are sparse. Most involve a single discipline at a single institution and are of a non-rigorous design. Measurements of improved patient outcomes are restricted to changes in management, procedures and documentation. Well-designed studies that directly link learner feedback to patient outcomes may help to support the use of feedback in teaching clinical outcomes improvement in alignment with competency-based milestones.
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