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Effective (and Efficient) Evaluation and Feedback: An Approach and Some Tips for Outpatient Teaching Louis Pangaro MD, FACP Educational Programs Medicine, USUHS. some definitions. Assessment = making the observation “sitting next to” Evaluation = assigning value not grading; uses words
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Effective (and Efficient) Evaluation and Feedback: An Approach and Some Tips for Outpatient Teaching Louis Pangaro MD, FACP Educational Programs Medicine, USUHS
some definitions • Assessment = making the observation • “sitting next to” • Evaluation = assigning value • not grading; uses words • based on goals • diagnoses what “step” they’re at
some definitions • Feedback = “course correction” • not feeling good • based on evaluation • get them to “next step”
Community Goals(“ends”) Curriculum(“means”, “objectives”) Evaluation individual programmatic Feedback
Evaluation vs.. Grading Grading “gradus” steps (F, D, C, B, A) Evaluation “value” strength
Teacher Tasks • Diagnose the Patient • Diagnose the Learner • Teach One Thing the Learner Needs to get to “the Next Step” • Diagnose the Teacher (reflection) • at the end of clinic with feedback from the student
Diagnosing the Learner: goals (“analytic”) • attitudes • skills • knowledge
AAMC Med School Objectives Project (MSOP) • Goals*: a Physician is: • Dutiful • Altruistic • Skillful • Knowledgeable * each goal has multiple objectives
Knowing the goalsfor the learner’s level of training • A “synthetic” approach R.I.M.E. System - Reporter - Interpreter - Manager/Educator
R.I.M.E. SystemUSUHS Medicine Reporter: reliably get the facts, works with patients, identifies problems, Interpreter: prioritizes, reasonable differential diagnosis, more confidence Manager: works with patients on Diagnostic and therapeutic Plan Educator: a plan for the doctor: gets to the next level of knowledge and evidence
What would you expect of the learner? • clinic patient : a 45 year old woman with hypertension; routine lab studies showed a total cholesterol of 340 md/dl. • if the learner is a third year student? • an intern in August? • a senior resident?
Efficient: a question of “how” • “doing the thing right” • Effective: a question of what • “doing the right thing”
Teaching Tip • One thing at a time • With “beginners”, Don’t try to do it All • What’s the agenda for feedback?
Kinds of Feedback • Minimal • “good”, “ugh!”, a shrug or nod • Behavioral • “that was good because…” • “you can improve by…” • Interactive • let them react, or better yet, self-evaluate after Stanford Faculty Dev Program
HOW to Give Effective Feedback • be specific (what they did, not who they are) • be timely, but watch the setting • “positive” too; a “feedback sandwich” (catch the learner doing something right) • label it “feedback” • have an action plan • use “interactive” method after SFDP
What To Give Feedback On • do you agree with their diagnosis/management • making the transitions ? (RIME) • their self-evaluation (is it similar to yours?) • an action plan for their time (give it now or after clinic)
How to Assess a learner Quickly student: mainly observation/listening • pertinent positives/negatives • problem list (semantic competence) resident: observation but mainly questions • “How can I help?
“Semantic Competence” • Bordage’s term for active use of correct terms that show pattern awareness. • e.g. “This patient has a distal, symmetric, polyarthritis.” implies a student has the knowledge and skill to move to “interpreter” • options: listen to summary statement, or ask for “problem” list
Expecting complete problem lists • Problem lists quickly reveal: • comprehensiveness • level of semantic competence • ability to synthesize • movement toward “interpreter” level
The “heart” of our method • Internal Medicine teaches a method to embrace complexity, so one can act with simplicity. • The Problem List reveals the learner’s ability to analyze a case (semantic competence) and synthesize it (embrace complexity) [residents, too?]
Internal Medicine Clerkships • Different from others in third year: embedding the present problem in larger context (necessary for High Pass and certainly for Honors level) • Dy’s “cogito”: I think, therefore I.M.
Teaching TipThe “One Minute” Preceptor • Five “Microskills” for Clinical Teaching A disciplined approach to pacing from the University of Washington, Seattle
The “One Minute” Preceptor • Start with a Commitment from the Learner • Probe for Supporting Evidence • Teach General Rules • Positive Feedback for what was right • Correct Mistakes
Intern and High Cholesterol • Intern: This lady should be started on pravastatin • Teacher: Why? • Intern: She has a risk of heart disease • Teacher: What else would you do? • Intern: Bring her back in three months
Intern and High Cholesterol • Teacher: Generally, be sure of your diagnosis first. You’re right that cholesterol is a risk for heart disease, but you need to be sure about causes like hypothyroidism. • Teacher: Let me tell you what tests and therapy I’d like you to order today, and what you should read about tonight.
Risks in complete problem lists • we try to cover it all • our compulsiveness wins out • we bring up all the interesting, fascinating, aspects of a great case • we try to do the inter-relations for the student • we start to lecture the student/resident
Teaching Tiplet the student do the work • Transferring incentive and initiative to the student • can we incentivize efficiency in the student??
What motivates students to do the work? MotivationsBarriers
Teaching Tip Let the Learner Do the Work • Don’t lecture about what can be learned by reading • Save Extensive Knowledge Transfer for the Learner’s Own Time • give the student a chance at High Pass
let the student do the work • Preparation : • in advance identify patients to see • how was the diagnosis made, how treated • what is our agenda for coming visit? • write down what to ask, to look for, labs to check (index card)
Working with the Patient • Student memorizes the lines: “Mrs. J----------, I’ve had a chance to review your record and I believe you’re here to follow-up on your diabetes. .. Is there anything else you’d like us to go over in the 20 minutes we have together?”
“reporter” stage interview/exam show only basic knowledge and skill student excused (or observer) and attending offers A&P to the patient student given homework and tasks “interpreter” stage interview/exam show good focus on pertinent info student allowed to offer assessment presence of patient? attending offers plan student excused or observer managing the educational goals
Teaching Tip : “How Can I Help?” • Force residents to move to Manager/ Educator Level (first, diagnose the learner) • Ask them to self-evaluate and determine their educational needs • Let them Know their Growing Independence is Important to You • “How Can I Help?”
Summary: Five Tips 1. Know the “next step” for this learner (RIME); 2. “One thing at a Time” 3. Practice the “One Minute Preceptor” 4. For students: let them do the work 5. For residents: “How can I help?”