Background: Feedback
is an integral part of learning and professional development and needs to be
both specific and corrective to be effective, however, the amount and quality
of feedback received by medical students varies greatly. The response rate for
medical student evaluations at our institution is 33.2%. We performed a
survey-based study to determine barriers to the completion of online medical
student evaluations.
Methods: Surveys
with quantitative and qualitative questions were sent to residents, fellows,
and faculty at three teaching institutions in Cleveland, OH.
Results: Of the
71 respondents, 56.5% were attendings and 39.1% residents with an overall
response rate of 40.8%. Time spent with student and time to fill out
evaluations appear to be the most contributory factors cited as barriers to
evaluation completion at 76.1% and 64.8% respectively.
Discussions: Developing systems to
obtain feedback without significant time constraints may increase response
rates. Relying on the evaluations of a few physicians with whom students spend
more time may also improve the quality of feedback.
Topics: 2019, Student, Resident, Faculty, Clerkship Director, Clerkship Coordinator, Systems-Based Practice & Improvement, UME,
Charita Roque,
MD, MPH, Case
Western Reserve University/MetroHealth Medical Center; Tani Malhotra,
MD; Sally
MacPhedran, MD
