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Simulated Patients' Experiences With Verbal Feedback For First Year Medical Students And Residents: A Grounded Theory Study, Carol Fleishman Jan 2014

Simulated Patients' Experiences With Verbal Feedback For First Year Medical Students And Residents: A Grounded Theory Study, Carol Fleishman

Educational Studies Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of simulated patients (SPs) with the process of providing verbal feedback for first-year medical students and residents during formative simulation activities. Feedback to medical trainees provides a valuable learning context, effecting communication and interpersonal skills which impact healthcare outcomes and patient safety. This qualitative research study used a grounded theory approach based on data from semi-structured interviews with 17 SPs who were casual employees of a standardized patient program for a large academic medical center in the mid-Atlantic region of the USA. The study analyzed what participants said about their …