RESIDENT REMEDIATION QUICK TIPS

When we talk about resident remediation, the spotlight usually shines on faculty. But let’s be real, program coordinators are the unsung heroes holding the entire process together. If you’re a coordinator, this is your standing ovation. If you’re faculty and think coordinators don’t play a role in r...

Resident remediation is tricky enough without adding confusion about who should be writing the plan. One question that comes up often is: should residents help build their own remediation plan? The short answer is no. The plan should be created by faculty and program leadership. But that doesn’t mea...

On paper, this resident looks perfect. Their scores are outstanding. Their clinical reasoning is sharp. They read constantly. But in practice, the picture looks different. They interrupt during handoffs. They dismiss nursing input. They talk at patients instead of with them. They act like the smarte...

The finish line isn’t a casual guess. It’s a structured review of data. Your remediation team should be weighing the evidence, documenting progress, and preparing a defensible recommendation for the CCC and the GMEC. That recommendation should clearly show:

• What was observed
• What was measured
• W
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Let’s be real. In many residency programs, remediation has become the Voldemort of medical education. It’s the thing we don’t speak of. It’s the Scarlet R. Faculty whisper about it in the hallway, residents fear it like its career-ending, and nobody wants to be the person to bring it up in a meeting...

Resident remediation plans collapse quickly when they are built on gut feelings instead of data. Strong baseline data is the starting point for every resident remediation plan that actually works.

Too often, programs launch resident remediation based on impressions like “I feel like they’re struggl...

If you’ve ever sat in a CCC meeting and felt the tension rise when faculty can’t agree about resident remediation, you’re not alone. One person says, “I’ve seen improvement.” Another says, “Not even close.” And suddenly, every eye in the room is on you to decide what happens next.

Sound familiar? L...

Resident remediation looks neat on paper. You have your plan, your documentation, your talking points, and maybe you even bring the whole team for backup. Then you sit down with the resident and boom, tears, silence, or full-blown anger. Cue the internal panic. You thought you were running a calm, s...

If you’ve ever dug through a six-month-old email chain trying to figure out what was actually said in a remediation meeting, you know this truth: documentation is everything.

Clear documentation is the backbone of a fair and defensible resident remediation process. It protects the resident, safegua...

When residents hear they’re on a learning plan or being called into a meeting with the program director, panic can set in quickly. Too often, the word “probation” gets thrown around even when what’s really happening is remediation. These two terms are not interchangeable. In fact, confusing them can...