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. 1991 Jan;37:64–70.

Improving Feedback for Medical Students in a Family Medicine Clerkship

Evaluating medical student performance using frequent feedback

DG White, R Tiberius, Y Talbot, V Schiralli, M Rickett
PMCID: PMC2145141  PMID: 21234079

Abstract

To evaluate whether feedback to medical students could be improved by asking teachers to complete a student performance rating form during a family practice clerkship, the authors had students and teachers fill out a questionnaire. Teachers in the intervention group reported observing students more frequently. Students' perceptions of feedback frequency correlated strongly with their ratings of feedback quality.

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