NDLI: Multisource feedback in medical students’ workplace learning in primary health care

Content Provider	Springer Nature : BioMed Central
Author	Björklund, Karin Stenfors, Terese Nilsson, Gunnar H. Leanderson, Charlotte
Abstract	Background In medical students’ workplace learning, feedback is important for effective learning regarding communication and clinical skills. The provision of multisource feedback (MSF) in clinical practice with focus on the patient’s perspective is rarely addressed in the literature. The overall objective was to explore the experience of MSF in medical students’ clinical learning in primary healthcare (PHC). Methods In the study, patients provided feedback by use of the Patient Feedback in Clinical Practice (PFCP) questionnaire. By use of adapted PFCP questionnaire versions peers and clinical supervisors provided feedback and students performed a self-evaluation. The MSF learning activity was evaluated using surveys (4-point Likert scale/open-ended questions), (students (n = 26), peers (n = 9) and clinical supervisors (n = 7)). Data were analysed using descriptive and qualitative content analysis. Results Results (mean 4-point Likert scale) from participants evaluation of the MSF learning activity visualises the value of feedback in terms of patient-centred communication (students 3.50, peers 2.44 and clinical supervisors 3.57), guidance for further training (students 3.14, peers 2.89 and clinical supervisors 3.00) and clarification of pedagogical assignment (students 3.14, peers 2.89 and clinical supervisors 3.00). Thematic analysis of participants’ free-text answers in the evaluation surveys resulted in three themes: (1) applicability of the MSF, (2) MSF – collaborative learning process and (3) MSF as a facilitator in students’ clinical skills development. The participants experienced that the written MSF provided multi-facetted perspectives, which contributed to students’ and peers’ clinical and communication learning. MSF experience also enhanced clinical supervisors’ feedback regarding communication skills, targeting the supervisors’ pedagogical assignment. Conclusion Our findings indicate that MSF provided directly after a patient encounter, using the PFCP questionnaire as feedback provider, could be an adequate learning activity for medical students’ workplace learning. The MSF, provided through the PFCP questionnaire, was experienced to neutralise and operationalise the provision of concrete feedback, facilitating peers’ learning and clinical supervisors’ tuition. The results visualise the importance of patients in MSF, as a valuable resource in students’ workplace learning. Our study implies that this learning activity could be an applicable tool to facilitate learning and pedagogic development in clinical education in PHC.
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ISSN	14726920
DOI	10.1186/s12909-022-03468-7
Journal	BMC Medical Education
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	22
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2022-05-25
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Medical Education Theory of Medicine Bioethics Communication and patient-centredness Medical students Multi-source feedback MSF questionnaire Workplace learning Theory of Medicine/Bioethics
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Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Medicine
Journal Impact Factor	2.7/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	3.4/2023

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