Post Test - Observation and Feedback

1. Preceptors observe learners in the clinical setting only to assess technical skills.

True

False

2. To allow an unbiased observation of the learner's clinical skills, preceptors must not participate in a learner-patient encounter.

True

False

3. Preceptors should change their purpose for observing learners in the clinical setting the course of a clerkship/rotation.

True

False

4. Preceptors should assign office staff to act as observers for learners and provide feedback to them.

True

False

5. Preceptor feedback often provokes learners with anxiety and is not valued as an effective teaching method.

True

False

6. If a learner is doing well, preceptors do not have to provide feedback to be effective.

True

False

7. Preceptors should avoid feedback that tells learners what they ought to do and how they ought to do it.

True

False

8. Preceptors should provide personal judgments on learner performance when giving effective feedback.

True

False

9. Preceptors should provide immediate feedback to learners to enhance learning.

True

False

10. Feedback and evaluation generally refer to the same process in the clinical learning environment.

True

False

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