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Challenges Of Providing Timely Feedback To Residents: Faculty Perspectives, Tabassum Zehra, M. Tariq, Afaq Motiwala, Syeda Kauser Ali, John Boulet
Challenges Of Providing Timely Feedback To Residents: Faculty Perspectives, Tabassum Zehra, M. Tariq, Afaq Motiwala, Syeda Kauser Ali, John Boulet
Department for Educational Development
Objective
To explore faculty's perceptions of challenges in providing verbal feedback to the Residents and suggest ways to overcome the barriers.
Methods
As part of a larger study on feedback assessment, five focus group discussions were conducted at the Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, during faculty development workshops held from January to June 2010. Qualitative grounded theory was used to explore faculty perceptions of challenges in providing verbal feedback to the Residents.
Results
Of the 54 faculty members, 49(91%) participated. Four themes that emerged were 'time constraint' indicating high patient load; 'faculty related issues' indicating faculty's apprehension …