Experts by experience; the views of service user educators providing feedback on medical studentsʹ work based assessments

Summary ment tools were designed to provide health and social care students with multi-sourced, interprofessional feedback in practice. This includes feedback from service users. year medical students at the University of Leeds were given accesses to 4 assessment tools whilst in practice. Completed assessments were then sent to the university where service users and carers worked with university tutors to give further feedback and comment on the overall development of students. service users then took part in a focus group and one provided written feedback. Four key themes were identified from the focus group• ation and support sign of the tools ocess of using the tools in practice ck nd that the project provided both challenges and rewards for all involved. The service user educators involved were able to bring a different and valuable perspective to formative feedback. The combination of their personal and professional experiences, along with the preparation they had received, helped bridge the gap between service users in practice and university based tutors. The findings from this study went on to inform a review of the assessment tools and revised versions are now being used.