Cultivating Feedback Literacy in Health Professions Students: A Cornerstone for Lifelong Learning and Patient Safety

Have you heard about the term “feedback literacy”? It is the process by which students or learners comprehend the information received from different sources. This data is used to refine work and bring changes in learning styles.1 It is the ability of students to interpret and use written feedback. You are all aware as how important it is to provide feedback to learners. Feedback is not just about informing students about their abilities, limitations and how to perform better, but also focuses on the students’ role to utilize comments received from teachers for improvement. This necessitates the need to enable learners to receive feedback. This paper focuses primarily on cultivation of feedback education amongst undergraduate health professions students