Delivery and use of individualised feedback in large class medical teaching

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Burr, Steven A., Brodier, Elizabeth and Wilkinson, Simon (2013) Delivery and use of individualised feedback in large class medical teaching. BMC Medical Education, 13 (May). 7/1-7/7. ISSN 1472-6920

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Abstract

Background: Formative feedback that encourages self-directed learning in large class medical teaching is difficult

to deliver. This study describes a new method, blueprinted feedback, and explores learner’s responses to assess its

appropriate use within medical science teaching.

Methods: Mapping summative assessment items to their relevant learning objectives creates a blueprint which can

be used on completion of the assessment to automatically create a list of objectives ranked by the attainment of

the individual student. Two surveys targeted medical students in years 1, 2 and 3. The behaviour-based survey was

released online several times, with 215 and 22 responses from year 2, and 187, 180 and 21 responses from year 3.

The attitude-based survey was interviewer-administered and released once, with 22 responses from year 2 and 3,

and 20 responses from year 1.

Results: 88-96% of learners viewed the blueprinted feedback report, whilst 39% used the learning objectives to

guide further learning. Females were significantly more likely to revisit learning objectives than males (p = 0.012).

The most common reason for not continuing learning was a ‘hurdle mentality’ of focusing learning elsewhere once

a module had been assessed.

Conclusions: Blueprinted feedback contains the key characteristics required for effective feedback so that with

further education and support concerning its use, it could become a highly useful tool for the individual and

teacher.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/715322
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Life Sciences > School of Biomedical Sciences
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-13-63
Depositing User: de Sousa, Mrs Shona
Date Deposited: 02 Apr 2014 10:23
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 16:37
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/2731

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