“Praise in Public; Criticize in Private”: Unwritable Assessment Comments and the Performance Information That Resists Being Written
When documenting performance information as written comments is viewed as an act of disclosure, it becomes clear why supervisors may feel compelled to leave some comments unwritten. Although supervisors can be supported in writing better assessment comments, their failure to write invites a reexamination of expectations for documenting feedback and performance information as written comments on assessment forms.
Authors
- Shiphra Ginsburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4595-6650)
- Andrea Gingerich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5765-3975)
- Stefanie S. Sebok‐Syer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3572-5971)
- Lorelei Lingard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4150-3355)
- Christopher Watling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9686-795X)
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- University of Northern British Columbia (CA)
- Palo Alto University (US)
- Sinai Health System (CA)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Academic Medicine
- Published
- 2024-08-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/acm.0000000000005839
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Radiology practices and education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.21