FEEDBACK AND ITS

IMPORTANCE
 Objectives

1 Concept of feedback

2 Process of feedback

3 Barriers of feedback
 Introduction

Feedback is an objective description of a student’s

performance intended to guide future performance.
 Why is feedback important ?

Feedback is essential for the student’s growth, provides

direction and helps to boost confidence, increase
motivation and self-esteem.
 BARRIERS OF FEEDBACK

Time Knowledge Emotions

unwanted emotional
reaction from
“is this the right unclear learner may lead the
time to give a and non-specific teacher to use
feedback?” unclear indirect
statement or avoid
feedback at all
Process of feedback
 Before feedback During feedback

• Collect data and evidence • Focus on the behavior

• Take a few moments to choose • Be specific

the words you will use
• Use non-conflicting language
 Summary
• Without feedback, mistakes go uncorrected, good performance is not reinforced.

• Feedback is not "rocket science”it is about listening actively,

taking the time to analyze, and then thinking of the best
possible solution to perform better.

• Barriers can affect the feedback negatively.

POP QUIZ
 Which of the following is considered as
a barrier of feedback?

Focuses on
Unclear Being
the
knowledge specific
behavior
ANY QUESTIONS?
 REFERENCES

Medu preparatory year program book

Effective feedback,Chapter12,Pages 99-105

Giving Effective Feedback W. Fred Miser,

M.D.

Ende J: Feedback in clinical medical

education. JAMA 250(6):777-81, 1983
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