Description

This session equips clinical preceptors with practical strategies for giving medical learners constructive, growth-oriented feedback. Participants will explore adaptable frameworks such as Ask–Tell–Ask, Pendleton, SBIRT, Plus/Delta, and the One Minute Preceptor to deliver timely and specific feedback, even in busy clinical environments. The session also offers concrete tools for navigating difficult conversations and turning everyday clinical encounters into powerful coaching moments.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the characteristics of effective, growth-promoting feedback in clinical education. 
2. Discuss at least two structured feedback frameworks (e.g., Pendleton, SBIRT, Plus/Delta, One Minute Preceptor) in real clinical teaching scenarios. 
3. Identify strategies for delivering difficult feedback, focusing on behaviors, and promoting shared planning for improvement. 

Moderator

Nehad El-Sawi, PhD
Assistant Vice President for Academic Innovation and Enhancement, Office of Academic Affairs, Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences

Speaker

Gary Beck Dallaghan, PhD
Assistant Dean for Accreditation, Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Dr. Beck Dallaghan is the assistant dean for accreditation at Carle Illinois College of Medicine at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He heads the college's accreditation and educational quality improvement initiatives. Dr. Beck Dallaghan has nearly three decades of experience in medical education. For over 20 years, he was at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, completing a master's in mathematics and a doctorate in educational psychology. He served as their assistant dean for medical education for five years. In 2018, he joined the University of North Carolina School of Medicine as director of educational scholarship. After a brief time from 2022 to 2024 at a new medical school, Dr. Beck Dallaghan excitedly explores accreditation and educational quality improvement by applying interpretive policy analysis. Nationally, he is actively involved in several medical education organizations, including nearly 30 years with the Alliance for Clinical Education and as the current president of the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics. 

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Recording date: May 6, 2026
Date of original release: May 6, 2026
Most recent review/update: May 6, 2026
Termination date: May 5, 2029