Reconstructing feedback in graduate medical education: development of the REFLECT scale to measure feedback delivery in medical residency training.
BMC Med Educ
; 23(1): 344, 2023 May 17.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Feedback plays a pivotal role in graduate medical education, where medical residents are expected to acquire a wide range of practical and professional competencies. Assessing the feedback delivery status is a preliminary step for educators to enhance the quality of feedback provided. This study aims to develop an instrument to assess the various aspects of feedback delivery in medical residency training.METHODS:
The fifteen-item REFLECT (Residency Education Feedback Level Evaluation in Clinical Training) questionnaire was developed. The content validity was evaluated according to a panel member consisting of fourteen clinical professors and medical education instructors. After evaluating the test-retest reliability, the questionnaire was distributed to a sample of 154 medical residents and was further assessed in terms of internal consistency and factor analysis.RESULTS:
Content validity analysis resulted in an appropriate content validity ratio and content validity index for the final 15 items. The test-retest reliability resulted in an ICC of 0.949 (95% C.I. 0.870-0.980), indicating excellent reliability. The Cronbach's alpha for the 15-item questionnaire was α = 0.85, demonstrating good internal consistency. The factor analysis resulted in a four-factor structure "attitude towards feedback", "quality of feedback", "perceived importance of feedback", and "reaction to feedback".CONCLUSIONS:
REFLECT proved to a reliable tool that could be utilized as a quick assessment method of feedback delivery, making it a suitable aid for educational managers and faculties to design necessary interventions aiming to enhance the quantity and quality of feedback provided.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Internato e Residência
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Med Educ
Assunto da revista:
EDUCACAO
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Irã