Do GP trainers use feedback in drawing up their Personal Development Plans (PDPs)? Results from a quantitative study

Background: General practice (GP) trainers play a key role GP trainees' education. To stimulate development of trainer competencies a Personal Development Plan (PDP) can be helpful, especially when feedback is incorporated. Aims: To investigate to what extent GP trainers use feedback in PDPs. M...

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Published in:Medical teacher 2012-11, Vol.34 (11), p.e718-e724
Main Authors: van Es, Judith M., Visser, Mechteld R.M., Wieringa-de Waard, Margreet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Faculty, Medical
Family physicians
Feedback
Female
General Practice - education
General practitioners
Goals
Health education
Humans
Male
Medical Staff, Hospital - education
Middle Aged
Narratives
Netherlands
Personal development
Prospective Studies
Teaching
Teaching Skills
Trainees
Trainers
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Summary:Background: General practice (GP) trainers play a key role GP trainees' education. To stimulate development of trainer competencies a Personal Development Plan (PDP) can be helpful, especially when feedback is incorporated. Aims: To investigate to what extent GP trainers use feedback in PDPs. Methods: GP trainers were provided with three feedback sources: trainees' rating scores, trainees' narrative comments, and self-assessment scores. Trainers were instructed to use these while drawing up PDP goals. With quantitative analyses the extent to feedback sources were used was determined. Results: Of the trainers 93% submitted a PDP. More than 75% of goals were based on provided feedback. Multiple sources addressing the same issue increased feedback use. If two sources pointed in the same direction, feedback was used more often if one of them concerned "narrative comments". Ratings were lowest for GP-related Expertise and Teaching Skills. Most goals defined concerned these domains. Fewer goals regarded Personal Functioning. Proportion of feedback used concerning Personal functioning was lowest. Conclusions: GP trainers use most feedback and address issues most commented upon. Narrative comments deserve a profound place when eliciting feedback. Research into the quality with which feedback is used in PDP goals should complement these results.
ISSN:0142-159X
1466-187X
DOI:10.3109/0142159X.2012.670327