Many students learn how to behave by observing faculty members and treating them, consciously or unconsciously, as role models.
Residents interview two standardized patients (SP) each week with direct feedback from the SP and observing faculty.
Recorded video tapes were used to observe the faculty members' questioning skills.
However, although it is generally assumed that humanism is learned by medical students and residents through formal teaching and observing faculty physicians as role models, little evidence supports the effectiveness of faculty role modelling as currently practiced.
(Faculty member) Few differences were observed between faculty members and clinical educators in in dealing with students who demonstrate a low level of readiness for clinical practice, as both groups struggled in a similar manner with these problem students.
During the interview, the fifth-year students were observed by faculty and evaluated for both station-specific and general communication skills on the pre-defined rating scale.
Some researchers even noted that 80% of students reported never being observed by faculty while performing a complete physical examination [ 13].
To emphasize the formative aspect of the methodology, each direct observation experience is followed by a debriefing session, which incorporates both (a) review of the behaviors observed by faculty and (b) reflection about the encounter experience.
Large differences were also found between resident and faculty patients with regards to documentation of glaucoma family history, CCT, and target IOP, though the significance of these differences could not be determined in multivariable logistic regression models as no failures were observed amongst faculty patients.
Carr et al observed that "faculty often feel powerless against the behemoth of a large institution and often have the perception that the large, bureaucratic nature of an institution is unresponsive to individuals, unwilling to negotiate and only 'looking for a bargain,' especially in times of constrained resources".
