Quality matters: Artificial intelligence-based assessment of feedback quality predicts technical skill improvement.
2025Surgery
Kewalramani D, Roman DS, Lagos SA, Rammsy F, Villagran I +7 more
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Researchers tested whether better instructor feedback leads to better skill acquisition, using an AI tool called Teach1 to rate the quality of feedback given to medical students learning a bedside procedure. Higher-quality feedback was directly tied to greater skill improvement, with every 10% increase in feedback quality corresponding to a measurable score gain. This shows that AI can objectively evaluate teaching quality and help standardize surgical education at scale.