Evaluating Surgical Coaching: A Mixed Methods Approach Reveals More Than Surveys Alone

Traditionally, surgical educators have relied upon participant survey data for the evaluation of educational interventions. However, the ability of such subjective data to completely evaluate an intervention is limited. Our objective was to compare resident and attending surgeons ’ self-assessments of coaching sessions from surveys with independent observations from analysis of intraoperative and postoperative coaching transcripts.
Source: Journal of Surgical Education - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Original Reports Source Type: research