Feedback in Medical Education

Abstract

The definition of feedback in Merriam-Webster dictionary is the transmission of evaluative or corrective information about an action, event, or process to original or controlling source, or the return to input of a part of output of a machine, system, or The definition has acquired a more specific meaning in education, specifically medical education. Over last few decades, feedback in medical training has obtained special importance and attention due to it's growing importance in education. It was our better understanding of how we learn that helped us to realize importance of feedback in educational process.