Multisource Feedback (MSF) Instructions for Local Pain Medicine Educational Supervisor

Multi-source feedback (MSF) instructions for Local Pain Medicine Educational Supervisor

The purpose of the multi-source feedback is to assess the competence of the trainee in areas of attitudes, values and communications skills. This will be done at the 7month stage and if unsatisfactory repeated again during the training year. You should choose a minimum of 6 and maximum of 15 raters, and code the forms you give to the trainee to give to the raters so that you are in a position to identify the raters if necessary. The trainee should also complete their own feedback.

The raters will return the form to you in a sealed envelope. You should collate their responses on the enclosed form. The best and worst score for each question should be omitted.There may be aspects of the feedback you wish to discuss in more detail with the rater and you will be able to identify them as above. The trainee should however not know which rater has made any specific comments about them.The outcome of the MSF exercise should be discussed with the trainee and the collated MSF form forwarded to the Regional Advisor in Pain Medicine (RAPM) who will discuss the results further if appropriate at the quarterly review. If you have concerns about the outcome of the MSF these should be raised with the RAPM. The trainee can be asked to undergo a further MSF later in the training year if necessary.

Multi-source feedback collated version

Trainee ______Educational Supervisor______

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