Value of supervised learning events in predicting doctors in difficulty

Abstract

TAB and the ESR are strongly predictive of DiD. However, SLEs are not being used to their full potential, and the quality of completion of reports on SLEs and feedback needs to be improved in order to better identify and manage DiD.

The power of the written word: team assessment of behaviour

“…We submit that MSF provides an opportunity to not only improve the performance of individuals within teams, but also the performance of teams themselves, but that much research is needed in this area. This current study points to the power of written comments in identifying doctors in difficulty through the provision of feedback from a variety of individuals within the health care team . Few, if any, studies have shown such a direct relationship.…”

“…Importantly, their findings show that written feedback from health care team members collected via the team assessment of behaviour instrument, along with comments from clinical or educational supervisors, could significantly predict doctors in difficulty (learners who have provoked concerns about their ability to fulfil their duties). This study raises several important questions in the area of teamwork and MSF.…”

“…Few, if any, studies have shown such a direct relationship. This study raises many provocative questions regarding MSF as a measure to improve individual performance on teams and, perhaps more importantly, the performance of teams themselves.…”

“…Used for decades in the military and business sectors, and more recently in health care, MSF can provide important information to individual members of teams. In this current edition of Medical Education , Patel and colleagues have extended the use of MSF by retrospectively coding over 50 000 written comments from a variety of assessment methods used to evaluate almost 1100 learners. Overall, the authors noted three themes from the free‐text comments derived from all assessments: under‐reporting of concerns; poor quality, and lack of sufficiently detailed feedback .…”

“…In this current edition of Medical Education , Patel and colleagues have extended the use of MSF by retrospectively coding over 50 000 written comments from a variety of assessment methods used to evaluate almost 1100 learners. Overall, the authors noted three themes from the free‐text comments derived from all assessments: under‐reporting of concerns; poor quality, and lack of sufficiently detailed feedback . Importantly, their findings show that written feedback from health care team members collected via the team assessment of behaviour instrument, along with comments from clinical or educational supervisors, could significantly predict doctors in difficulty (learners who have provoked concerns about their ability to fulfil their duties).…”