Teaching with Cases-Guide to Teaching with Case-Based Learning

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This document outlines six best practices for giving effective feedback: <br /><br />1. Clearly set expectations and establish an agenda for providing or requesting feedback.<br />2. Be specific in explaining why particular behaviors or decisions should be maintained or changed.<br />3. Base feedback on objective observations and facts rather than opinions.<br />4. Focus feedback on behaviors that are directly relevant and critical to performance.<br />5. Ensure feedback is timely, delivered as soon as possible after the observed behavior.<br />6. Balance feedback by providing both reinforcement of positive behaviors and suggestions for improvement.<br /><br />These best practices emphasize clarity, specificity, objectivity, relevance, timeliness, and balance to maximize the effectiveness of feedback. The document also provides a list of scholarly resources for further reading on feedback in clinical and educational contexts. These references include works discussing the importance of detailed and constructive feedback beyond simple praise, strategies for giving feedback with good judgment and inquiry, and theories on effective debriefing techniques. Notable sources cited are Anderson (2012), Ende (1983), Gigante et al. (2011), Hattie and Timperley (2007), and Rudolph et al. (2006–2013). <br /><br />Together, these practices and readings form a foundation for giving feedback that promotes growth, learning, and improved performance in professional and educational settings.

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Created to guide instructors in the UME Phase 1 curriculum, this guide is generally useful for instructors in any curriculum and consolidates many of the resources that are found, here, separately.

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