2012-10-31

Feedback and Self-reflection

This week the faculty has its internal education audit for the department and school within the faculty. The process usually begins with the presentation by department chair and the education team, then the auditor/ surveyor asks some questions either from the evaluation guide or from the self-assessment report submitted by each department to the organising committee.

Then in the interview process; the auditor may ask some presentative from consultants, learners from undergraduate medical student to nurse student to residents to MSc/PhD candidates, and department educator team. Then the surveyor review the documents prepared by the department member, they can be the schedule of curriculum, document and objectives of learning for each topic, examples of the final test, student evaluation form.

In the learner's view points, they usually would love to have feedback from their supervisor which can be consultant working with them, nurses helping them or other staff member who they are working with. A good feedback or even a destructive one is essential for the learning process, it can make things a complete circle, points some ideas the learners never have thought of or have looked over. The coaching day for the resident organised within our department is another way so that consultant can have time to look after the resident, guide something they did not quite acceptable in the consultant 's eyes, or give them a pride if they have done something really good.

Adequate supervision helps in the learning process, it also helps diminish some avoidable complications, so it directs patient safety.

Self-reflection is also help yourself the learner, know what you really need in particular field so that you can jump or run into some patients to learn more in the area you have not done good or in the less experienced field that you do have to improve it. If you can have both feedback and self-reflection, you should be very happy and have a really good day, although it is Halloween today.

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