#233 Giving Effective Feedback with Drs. Abby Spencer and Alia Chisty

Listen to our medical education heroes, Dr. Abby Spencer, @abbyCCim ( Cleveland Clinic ), and Dr. Alia Chisty, @aliachisty ( Penn State Health ), school us on how to give effective and meaningful feedback! Topics include: the ADAPT framework, how to give difficult feedback, keywords and phrases when giving feedback, how to avoid gender and racial bias when giving feedback, giving feedback to your peers and how to solicit effective feedback as a team leader. Listeners can claim Free CE credit through VCU Health at http://curbsiders.vcuhealth.org/ (CME goes live at 0900 ET on the episode’s release date). Show Notes | Subscribe | Spotify | Swag! | Top Picks | Mailing List | thecurbsiders@gmail.com | Free CME! Credits Written and Produced by Paul Williams MD, FACP Cover Art: Paul Williams, MD, FACP Infographic: Edison Jyang Hosts: Stuart Brigham MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com Guests: Abby Spencer MD and Alia Chisty MD Sponsors Provider Solutions & Development Provider Solutions & Development is a community of experts dedicated to offering guidance and career coaching to physicians and clinicians throughout their entire career journey. With exclusive access to hundreds of opportunities across the nation, reach out today to begin the search for your perfect practice: www.psdrecruit.org/curbsiders . VCU Health CE The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org and search for this episode to claim credit. 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Sponsor - VCU Health Continuing Education 00:30 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio, pun 04:00 Guest one-liners, Picks of the Week* (see links below) 10:25 Sponsor - Provider Solutions & Development www.psdrecruit.org/curbsiders . 11:00 Case from Kashlak, Feedback definitions 15:00 Addressing perceived barriers to feedback 31:45 ADAPT model of feedback 38:10 Addressing potentially gendered feedback; 42:45 Giving feedback to those who lack insight 48:29 Feedback and racial bias 52:25 Giving peer feedback 58:10 Tips for soliciting feedback as a supervisor 69:05 Does giving difficult feedback mean people won’t like you? 75:10 Take home points and Outro Sponsor - VCU Health Continuing Education Links* Radical Candor (book) Host (film) Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief movie Hamilton on Disney Plus Her (film) *The Curbsiders participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising commissions by linking to Amazon. Simply put, if you click on our Amazon.com links and buy something we earn a (very) small commission, yet you don’t pay any extra. Goal Listeners will demonstrate effective techniques to deliver and solicit meaningful feedback. Learning objectives After listening to this episode listeners will… Discuss the definitions and terms used to discuss feedback. Deliver effective feedback that is concordant with the learning goals of their trainees. Address potential perceived barriers to feedback. Utilize the ADAPT framework to partner with their learners and develop shared goals. Develop strategies to mitigate against using gender- or racially-biased narrative language. Deliver feedback to learners with limited insight by leveraging the impact of perception on achieving goals. Solicit effective and meaningful feedback despite being in a position of authority Disclosures Drs. Spencer and Chisty report no relevant financial disclosures. The Curbsiders report no relevant financial disclosures. Citation Williams PN, Spencer A, Chisty A, Brigham SK, Jyang E, Watto MF. “#233 Giving effective feedback with Abby Spencer and Alia Chisty”. The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast. https://thecurbsiders.com/episode-list Final publishing date September 21, 2020. References Ende J. Feedback in Clinical Medical Education. JAMA . 1983. . [ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6876333/ ] Brown B. 2018. Dare to Lead . Random House. Stone D and Heen S. 2014. Thanks for the Feedback . Penguin Books. Scott K. 2019. Radical Candor . St. Martin’s Press. Fainstad T et al. Feedback can be less stressful: Medical trainee perceptions of using the Prepare to ADAPT (Ask-Discuss-Ask-Plan Together) framework. Cureus. 2018. [ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30906679/ ] Rojek AE et al. Differences in narrative language in evaluations of medical students by gender and under-represented minority status. J Gen Int Med . 2019. [ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30993609/ ] Mueller AS et al. 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