Formative Feedback in Teaching Undergraduate Psychiatry

Autor/inn/en	Chur-Hansen, Anna; Koopowitz, Leslie F.
Titel	Formative Feedback in Teaching Undergraduate Psychiatry
Quelle	In: Academic Psychiatry, 29 (2005) 1, S.66-68 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-9670
Schlagwörter	Feedback (Response); Formative Evaluation; Psychiatry; Measures (Individuals); Undergraduate Study; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Evaluation Research; Student Evaluation; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychiatrie; Messdaten; Grundstudium; Ausland; Fragebogen; Evaluationsforschung; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Australien
Abstract	OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the introduction of formative feedback into a psychiatry attachment at an Australian university and evaluates students' responses to that initiative. METHOD: Students were provided with formative feedback sessions employing a standardized instrument, also used at the end of the attachment for summative assessment. They were asked to both define formative feedback and rate its usefulness on a questionnaire, providing open-ended written comments where appropriate. RESULTS: The concept and purpose of formative feedback were understood by 91.9% of the students who completed a questionnaire. The vast majority considered it to be useful, but some identified the need for constructive criticism and structured feedback as important characteristics of formative sessions. CONCLUSIONS: Rigorous research is needed to establish whether formative feedback impacts summative assessments. However, it is clear that such feedback is desirable, in that it increases student confidence and direction. We encourage our colleagues to consider introducing and evaluating formative feedback into psychiatry curricula. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10