Feedback and Reflections

One of my favorite middle-of-the-night teaching sessions in residency, on glycogen storage diseases, and the use of Glycosade® in their treatment. (Yes, we tried it!)

We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve

Bill Gates

Developing a growth mindset is arguably the most important part of being an educator and leader. Below, I provide examples of feedback on my teaching, starting in residency, and my reflections on it. I hope to continue to improve the effectiveness, reach, and scope of my teaching to both undergraduate and graduate learners.

PBL small group feedback

I was looking through the giant pile of papers on my desk and found a stack of feedback from a PBL small group from a couple years ago! Time for some (very delayed) reflection. There’s a lot of good stuff in here: the first-year med students said I was helpful in keeping the group focused…

On-service teaching: the first year of fellowship

Spent about an hour this morning rereading my feedback from the first year of fellowship. Whoa, there’s a LOT there! After each shift, our attendings are sent a form with two questions: what did the fellow do well? And what could they do better? I filtered out what seemed pertinent to education, but also let…

On-service teaching: Wards edition

Wards teaching was probably one of my favorite experiences of teaching as a resident. While it was different in my surgical intern year than as a pediatric resident, I first gained experience with a sepsis lecture I like to give. As you may know from my first blog post, I first really learned the Surviving…

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