Medical Education
Dear School of Medicine educators,


Greetings! We are excited to welcome the Class of 2022 to the clinical portion of their Foundations 2 (F2) core clerkships on July 13. This message contains updates related to assessment of students in F2. As you know from the email on July 8, 2020 , we have had to restructure clerkships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are committed to ensuring that all medical students graduate on time and with the competencies needed to become excellent UCSF physicians, and clerkships are a key part of their educational experience. Because of compressed schedules related to the pandemic, this means it is of the utmost importance that clerkship feedback and evaluations are provided in a timely manner. We thank you for your commitment to teaching our students and providing prompt feedback and evaluation.

Please note, all faculty and resident evaluators are expected to complete their written evaluations of students within one week of finishing working with the student. This ensures accurate, timely written feedback to students and saves many reminder emails.
 
Midpoint Feedback: Essential for Student Learning

Clerkship midpoint feedback is important for student learning (and constitutes an LCME requirement). Timeliness is even more important because clerkships are shorter in 2020. We ask the attending on service to give your student feedback at the midpoint of their clerkship.

Monitoring Clinical Experiences: 100% Compliance Needed

A key component of providing students with feedback is ensuring that our students have
exposure to the clinical experiences they need to pass their clerkships. We need 100%
compliance in order to ensure our LCME accreditation. 

Bridges Brief Observation Tools (BBOTs): 2x Per Week 

  • Bridges Brief Observation Tools (BBOTs) will continue to be used this fall for feedback (assessment for learning) and not for the clerkship grade. Students are responsible for requesting BBOTs from an intern, resident or faculty supervisor; a supervisor can also offer to initiate a BBOT. 

  • BBOTs are collected using the student’s QR code to access a short Qualtrics survey on a smartphone. The student, intern, resident or faculty can complete a BBOT.

  • Students must achieve 2 BBOTs per week.


Want Some Tips for Providing Feedback?

Learn about the School of Medicine's approach to feedback and strategies for effective feedback in this Assessment for Learning series . Your department may give you credit for watching these modules.
Thank you for your flexibility during these challenging times and for everything you do to support our learners.
Karen Hauer, MD, PhD
Associate Dean for Assessment
UCSF School of Medicine