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Learn about the importance of feedback in healthcare and how to effectively give and receive feedback. This presentation includes interactive activities and discussions to enhance communication and soft skills.
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What to Expect in this Presentation • Find the Ball Activity • Overview of Feedback • Rules for Effective Feedback • Feedback in Healthcare Discussions • The In-Law Scenario • Reactions to Feedback • Rules for Receiving Feedback • Sparkling Moments Activity
Importance of Communication and Soft Skills Communication is “the skill that can possibly have the greatest impact on effective healthcare delivery. It really is the key to clinical governance and demands as much attention, respect and sustaining as other seemingly ‘harder’ targets. However, often the mere mention of the importance of communication causes less than positive reactions in healthcare professionals.” (Jelphs, 2006, senior fellow at the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham)
Find the Ball Activity • Need 4 volunteers • All 4 volunteers will leave the room • They will come back, one at a time, to find the golf ball • Volunteers– please leave the room
Find the Ball activity • Each person will receive a different kind of feedback • Silent Feedback • Negative Feedback • Positive Feedback • Specific Feedback
Find the Ball Activity • Need 4 volunteers • All 4 volunteers will leave the room • They will come back, one at a time, to find the golf ball • Volunteers--please leave the room
Find the Ball debrief • How did you feel while looking for the ball? • What did you think/feel as a result of the feedback you received? • How did the feedback you received affect your performance? • How did the feedback you received affect how you felt about the individuals giving the feedback? • If this was the type of feedback you received every day, how would you feel? • Reflect about what type of feedback you have experienced on the job? • How can you improve the feedback practices you have experienced at work?
What is Feedback? • Feedback is information • Feedback is about performance or behavior • Feedback leads to action, development of performance, or improved behavior
Purpose of Feedback Know what to change Know what they are doing well
Feedback Perception • Most people really want to know how they are doing. They want to know if other people approve of what they are doing! • Most people also really want to know if there is something they could do better or more effectively.
Feedback is NOT! • An end in itself • A solution to problems • Praise or blame/approval or disapproval • Feedback DOES come from real life interactions.
Feedback in Healthcare Discussion • Divide into small groups of 3–4 • Compile a list of factors based on the question on the next slide • Brainstorm for 5 minutes
Feedback in Healthcare Discussion What factors about the healthcare setting need to be considered when giving feedback?
Rules for Effective Feedback • Timely • Selective • Balanced • Suggestions (not requirements) • Descriptive • Specific
Example • “I think you’re selfish in that you don’t listen to anyone else.” • “I notice that you don’t look at people when they are talking to you.”
The In-Law Scenario • Need 3 volunteers to read a scenario to the group. • Narrator • Mother-in-law • New daughter-in-law
The In-law Scenario debrief • What did you observe? • In what ways was the mother-in-law honest? • Overall, was the interaction positive or negative? Why? • Did the mother-in-law offend the daughter-in-law?
Before you give feedback – Pause and ask yourself • What is my intention behind giving this individual feedback? • How do I feel about giving this feedback? • How is the other individual feeling? Is s/he in the right frame of mind to accept this feedback? Both people should feel calm!
Reactions to Feedback • The individual receiving the feedback can react with – • Anger • Denial • Blame • Rationalization • Acceptance • Renewed Action
Rules for Receiving Feedback • Listen • Be receptive • Keep an open mind • Investigate • Acknowledge
Sparkling Moments Activity • Break into pairs • One person is A and the other is B • Each partner follow the directions on the handout
Sparkling Moments Activity • Discussion Phase: • Partner A • Partner B • Reflect • Feedback Phase • Partner A • Partner B
Thank you! Questions? Comments?