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. 2025 Nov 6;16(5):86-88.
doi: 10.36834/cmej.80156. eCollection 2025 Nov.

"In-the-moment" feedback: a novel app for clinical teaching evaluations

Sheliza Halani  1   2 , Shoba Sujana Kumar  1   3 , Dawn Yin Lim  1   4 , Darren Hefferon  5 , Varuna Prakash  1 , Arno K Kumagai  1   3 , Esther Bui  1   6
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"In-the-moment" feedback: a novel app for clinical teaching evaluations

Sheliza Halani et al. Can Med Educ J. .

Abstract
in English, French

Encounter-based teaching is vital to medical education, however feedback can be difficult to obtain. We developed and evaluated a web-based application (app) called "myTeachingEvaluation" (myTE.orgTM). Thirty-four academic clinical teachers completed a needs assessment survey, and 47% (16/34) of participants reported that 50% or more of their teaching was undocumented. We invited participants to pilot myTE.org™ over eight weeks. Thirteen faculty piloted the app and 62% (8/13) reported the app enabled documentation of 50% or more of previously undocumented teaching. myTE.orgTM app complements the pre-existing infrastructure for clinical teachers to obtain real-time teaching feedback.

L’enseignement fondé sur les rencontres est essentiel à la formation médicale, mais la rétroaction demeure difficile à obtenir. Nous avons conçu et évalué une application Web intitulée « myTeachingEvaluation » (myTE.orgᴹᴰ). Trente-quatre enseignants cliniciens universitaires ont rempli un sondage d’évaluation des besoins, et 47 % d’entre eux (16/34) ont indiqué qu’au moins la moitié de leur enseignement n’était pas documentée. Nous avons ensuite invité les participants à tester myTE.orgᴹᴰ pendant huit semaines. Treize enseignants ont utilisé l’application, et 62 % (8/13) ont rapporté qu’elle leur avait permis de consigner au moins 50 % de leur enseignement auparavant non documenté. L’application myTE.orgᴹᴰ complète l’infrastructure existante en offrant aux enseignants cliniciens la possibilité d’obtenir de la rétroaction en temps réel.

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Conflict of interest statement

EB and DH have trademarked myTE.org™ (myTeachingEvaluation.org™). EB is the founder of Entrepreneuro, Inc.- the parent company of myTE.org™ and has received educational grants, governmental grants and institutional funding to develop myTE.org™.

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Figure 1
A) After a teacher selects “Create Encounter,” a unique numeric identifier will be displayed which can be shared with learners. (B) When a learner enters the unique identifier into the myTE platform (can be done without logging in by selecting “Evaluate Anonymously”), the form on the right will open for the learner to complete an evaluation of the teaching encounter.
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