Three way - Three some (Teach, Learn, Feedback)

As what Ken Blanchard said, “Feedback is the breakfast of champions.”

Three-way teaching, what is that? We were divided in groups of three wherein student A taught student B, student C gave feedback to A, and B gave C feedback. This went on until everyone in the group has taught and gave feedback.

Basically, that was the activity’s take home lesson – giving feedback.

I was the one first to teach and to be honest it was a piece of cake. Not that I’m bragging but maybe because of all the practicing in giving rationales for OSCE, I’ve mastered the skill of communicating what I want to say. Then I was taught how to make an origami frog, which really made me excited because a new skill learned! Good job, self. Giving feedback was new to me. Not that I don’t give feedbacks, I was taken aback if I was doing it properly which was another learning experience for me.

I realized how important feedback is in facilitating teaching and learning.

Feedback is the “consequence” of a performance. Whether feedback is just there to be grasped or provided by another person, helpful feedback is goal-referenced. Application of this is important in our profession, especially when treating clients because it can fuel constructive reflection to the learner. Feedbacks must be tangible and transparent, actionable, user-friendly, specific & personalized, timely and most importantly consistent. 

Reminder: No matter how constructive and user-friendly your feedback can be, there will always be other people taking it in the wrong way and this is important to take note in our profession. We have different styles and levels of learning and accepting feedback. We have to be flexible and keep our future clients motivated. Giving and receiving feedback that is open and honest creates genuine opportunities for improvement.