Feedback for skills learning: giving better feedback to help students learn

Paul Booton

Sarvesh Saini

Graham Easton

Why skills? Important for new graduates

GMC list

Adhoc imperial system…

…replaced with programme across clinical years

How skills? Makes use of DOPS approach

Known to staff

Staff comfortable with it and trained to assess

Reflects what students will need as PGs

Which skills? From GMC list

Some basic

Some complex

Therefore our version of GMC list…

Spread over 3 years

The opportunity Students

Want feedback

Want the box ticked

Limited opportunities for feedback in busy clinical environments

DOPS is an opportunity for the student to… Correct their clinical technique

Gain feedback from practising clinician

Have interaction with clinician

We should look for other opportunities to give feedback: Other Workplace Based Assessments (eg miniCEX)

Other clinical encounters