Pearl of the week: Why clinicians stop giving feedback

Listening is only half the equation

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STEPS Forward Pearl of the Week

Feedback loses its value when people never hear what happened next. One strategy that's helping build trust is surprisingly simple: tell clinicians what changed because they spoke up, and explain why when it didn't.

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