We can integrate constructive feedback into any type of learning situation or environment. Choose the proper setting for the feedback session, based on who the learners are and the nature of the teaching environment. Open the session by asking the learner to do a self-assessment that begins with positive statements or descriptions of things done well, followed by concrete and specific comments on opportunities for improvement. Then, when others give feedback, insist that the learner remain silent. Feedback is interactional and collaborative, and helps to instill self-assessment as a lifetime process.
Good feedback creates options.
The use of positive language communicates hope that meaningful change can occur. How to use guidelines and recommendations about screening. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. How to use a treatment recommendation. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group and the Cochrane Applicability Methods Working Group.