GRAND ROUND PRESENTATION FEEDBACK TEMPLATE
Presenting at grand round, a morbidity and mortality meeting or a departmental teaching slot is valuable experience, but the applause tells you very little. This template asks the audience the questions that matter — was it clear, was it relevant, and what did they take away — and gives you a report to keep.
Free plan available. No card required.A clinical presentation has one job: to leave a room of busy clinicians with something they will use. The only way to know whether it did is to ask them, and to ask in a way that is quick enough that a consultant will answer before the next bleep.
The most useful question on this form is the one people do not expect: “What was your main take-home message?” Write down the message you intended before you present, then compare it with what the audience wrote. If the two match, the talk worked. If they do not, you know exactly what to restructure — which is far more useful than an average score.
The form also asks who answered. A presentation that consultants found too basic and students found too advanced was pitched about right for a mixed audience; the same scores from one group alone would mean something else.
Multiple choice · Consultant or GP · Specialty or core trainee · Foundation doctor · Nurse, pharmacist or AHP · Medical student · Other
Why it’s asked. Lets you read the scores against the audience. Mixed rooms give mixed ratings, and the breakdown tells you who the talk worked for.
1 is hard to follow, 5 is very clear.
Rating, 1–5
Why it’s asked. Clarity is the skill most within your control, and the one reviewers expect a presenter to reflect on.
1 is not relevant, 5 is highly relevant.
Rating, 1–5
Why it’s asked. Separates a well-delivered talk from a useful one. A clear talk on the wrong topic still scores low here.
In a sentence, what will you remember from this?
Long text
Why it’s asked. Compare the answers with the message you intended. The gap between the two is the most useful feedback a presentation can get.
Multiple choice · Yes · Possibly · No
Why it’s asked. A simple, honest proxy for impact. It is the closest a feedback form can get to showing that a presentation changed practice.
On the content, the slides or the delivery.
Long text
Why it’s asked. Open-ended comments are where the specific, actionable advice comes from — the slide that was too busy, the case that needed more time.
When the form closes — on a date you set, or when you close it — BetterForms writes the report for you: a chart for every question and every written answer, plus themes and an executive summary on plans that include analysis. Print it or save it as a PDF, share a read-only link, or export the raw responses to CSV or Google Sheets. Here is what people do with it.
Save the report as a PDF and attach it to the presentation entry in your e-portfolio. Many curricula ask trainees to show they can teach and present to colleagues; feedback from the audience shows how well you did it, not just that you did.
Compare your intended take-home message with what people wrote, and reflect on the difference. It is a far richer reflective entry than “presentation went well”, and it is specific to you.
For doctors who present regularly, a year of reports is good supporting information on the teaching and education part of your practice, and something specific to discuss with your appraiser.
Interview panels often ask about teaching and presentations. Being able to say what the audience thought, and what you changed as a result, is a better answer than a list of titles.
If you organise grand round, share report links with presenters and keep the reports together. Over a term you will see which formats and topics the department values most.
It opens in the editor as your own form. Change any question, then share it with a link or a QR code. Or start from a blank form and let AI draft the questions for you.
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