by Corinne A. Bazella, M.D. | February 5, 2021 Article Citation: Kiger ME, Riley C, Stolfi A, Morrison S, Burke A, Lockspeiser T. Use of Individualized Learning Plans to Facilitate Feedback Among Medical Students. Teach Learn Med 2020; 32(4):399-409. DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2020.1713790 What is this article about? This article is studying the use of individualized learning plans (ILP) in pediatric clerkships at two different institutions to evaluate if sharing learner ILPs affects the feedback students receive from faculty and resident preceptors. The authors’ hypothesis was that sharing the learners’ ILP with the preceptor would improve the quality of feedback, would enhance the specificity of the feedback related to the ILP and improve the feedback as perceived by the learner. Why should you read the article? This article discusses the feedback loop between faculty/resident preceptors and medical students using ILPs to help promote and strengthen that circular relationship. As educators, we know that specific timely feedback enables medical students to make behavioral changes that improve their performance. This article shows how ILPs have the potential to focus preceptor attention to a student’s specific learning goal and plan which could potentially allow students to progress their learning in those specific goals. Additionally, this study shows that faculty and student engagement and buy in is important when incorporating ILPs into the curriculum. Students who had significant progress on their learning goals found the ILP exercise to be more useful. How can you use this article? The learning environment with long term relationships between students and preceptors are situations where ILPs can take advantage of the strong interpersonal relationship between student and teacher. Incorporating preceptors in the process of the student developing their ILP could also be beneficial in helping students form meaningful ILPs and help faculty focus feedback and learner progress. Review Author: Corinne A. Bazella, M.D.; Associate Professor and Director, Ob/Gyn Clerkship; Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH. Organization: Association of Professors of Gynecology and ObstetricsUse of Individualized Learning Plans to Facilitate Feedback Among Medical Students