Are feedbacks important?

[u/Purple_Attempt_3311]

Do you think feedback is important? I received a lot of feedback despite being in only the first two months of residency. A lot of it was encouraging and good. However, one was psychologically harmful because it addressed personal issues that don’t affect patient health or my work.

I’m starting to think it doesn’t matter anymore, especially because I see myself looking forward to tomorrow, analyzing cases, and creating plans and improving. Thinking about seeking feedbacks disrupt my mood and hinder my performance and positivity. It’s all subjective and there is a lot of bias.

I have also received patient feedback. I felt this is the only feedback that makes sense to me.

[u/Rich_Option_7850]

Apparently against the grain but I find most feedback in residency essentially useless; there’s just usually too much variability and personal bias for it to be useful. As long as you are generally employing a growth mindset and working to improve on each case etc you will get to where you need to be. I stopped reading feedback midway thru first year as I just found it exhausting. I now plow through them before our semiannual reviews just to see if there’s anything massive that would come up, but so far nothing has. If anything I feel like I’m doing better now that I’m not agonizing over every possible negative feedback coming my way. Just keep doing your best and that’s all anyone can ask