RESIDENT REMEDIATION QUICK TIPS

Professionalism issues are the cases that make faculty quietly groan into their coffee mugs. Not because they don’t care, and not because the resident is a lost cause, but because professionalism is messy. It’s inconsistent. It’s personal. It can look completely different depending on the day, the r...

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...

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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