Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry
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Timely, specific, behaviorally-based feedback is a cornerstone of medical education. The authors review basic tenets of effective feedback delivery in the context of potential challenges faced by (non-United States) international medical graduates (IMGs). ⋯ These challenges can be mitigated by acknowledging the anxieties that learners may have, fostering a learning culture that values feedback as an expected and important part of all learning, ensuring that all (learners and supervisors) are trained in feedback skills, and clear setting of expectations.