Qualitative research in general and the grounded theory approach in particular, have become
increasingly prominent in medical education research in recent years. In this Guide, we …

Context Models of sound assessment practices increasingly emphasise assessment's
formative role. As a result, assessment must not only support sound judgements about learner …

… CJ Watling is professor of clinical neurological sciences and oncology and associate dean
for postgraduate medical education, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western …

An essential goal of evaluation is to foster learning. Across the medical education spectrum,
evaluation of clinical performance is dominated by subjective feedback to learners based on …

If used thoughtfully and with intent, feedback and coaching will promote learning and
growth as well as personal and professional development in our learners. Feedback is an …

Research indicates the importance and usefulness of feedback, yet with the shift of medical
curricula toward competencies, feedback is not well understood in this context. This paper …

… Their life experiences impact their orientation toward feedback, their preferences around
feedback styles and their emotional responses to the feedback they receive (Watling et al. …

Feedback and debriefing are experience-informed dialogues upon which experiential models
of learning often depend. Efforts to understand each have largely been independent of …

Context Although conceptually attractive, coaching in medicine remains ill‐defined, with little
examination of the transferability of coaching principles from other fields. Here we explore …

Background In-training evaluation reports (ITERs) often fall short of their goals of promoting
resident learning and development. Efforts to address this problem through faculty …