Formal remediation and probation (part 2 of 3). When residents shouldn’t become clinicians: getting a grip on fair and defensible processes for termination of training

Training programs have the dual responsibility of providing excellent training for their learners and ensuring their graduates are competent practitioners. Despite everyone’s best efforts a small minority of learners will be unable to achieve competence and cannot graduate. Unfortunately, program d...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Karen Schultz, Andrea Risk, Lisa Newton, Nicholas Snider
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Canadian Medical Education Journal 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/64a8a9c5241641c194a62194795b7cb4
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:64a8a9c5241641c194a62194795b7cb4
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:64a8a9c5241641c194a62194795b7cb42021-12-01T22:35:31ZFormal remediation and probation (part 2 of 3). When residents shouldn’t become clinicians: getting a grip on fair and defensible processes for termination of training10.36834/cmej.727351923-1202https://doaj.org/article/64a8a9c5241641c194a62194795b7cb42021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/72735https://doaj.org/toc/1923-1202 Training programs have the dual responsibility of providing excellent training for their learners and ensuring their graduates are competent practitioners. Despite everyone’s best efforts a small minority of learners will be unable to achieve competence and cannot graduate. Unfortunately, program decisions for training termination are often overturned, not because the academic decision was wrong, but because fair assessment processes were not implemented or followed. This series of three articles, intended for those setting residency program assessment policies and procedures, outlines recommendations, from establishing robust assessment foundations and the beginning of concerns (Part One), to established concerns and formal remediation (Part Two) to participating in formal appeals and after (Part Three). With these 14 recommendations on how to get a grip on fair and defensible processes for termination of training, career-impacting decisions that are both fair for the learner and defensible for programs are indeed possible. They are offered to minimize the chances of academic decisions being overturned, an outcome which wastes program resources, poses patient safety risks, and delays the resident finding a more appropriate career path. This article (Part Two in the series of three) will focus on what to do when concerns become established, and a formal remediation or probation is necessary. Karen SchultzAndrea RiskLisa NewtonNicholas SniderCanadian Medical Education JournalarticleEducation (General)L7-991Medicine (General)R5-920ENCanadian Medical Education Journal, Vol 12, Iss 4 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Education (General)
L7-991
Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle Education (General)
L7-991
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Karen Schultz
Andrea Risk
Lisa Newton
Nicholas Snider
Formal remediation and probation (part 2 of 3). When residents shouldn’t become clinicians: getting a grip on fair and defensible processes for termination of training
description Training programs have the dual responsibility of providing excellent training for their learners and ensuring their graduates are competent practitioners. Despite everyone’s best efforts a small minority of learners will be unable to achieve competence and cannot graduate. Unfortunately, program decisions for training termination are often overturned, not because the academic decision was wrong, but because fair assessment processes were not implemented or followed. This series of three articles, intended for those setting residency program assessment policies and procedures, outlines recommendations, from establishing robust assessment foundations and the beginning of concerns (Part One), to established concerns and formal remediation (Part Two) to participating in formal appeals and after (Part Three). With these 14 recommendations on how to get a grip on fair and defensible processes for termination of training, career-impacting decisions that are both fair for the learner and defensible for programs are indeed possible. They are offered to minimize the chances of academic decisions being overturned, an outcome which wastes program resources, poses patient safety risks, and delays the resident finding a more appropriate career path. This article (Part Two in the series of three) will focus on what to do when concerns become established, and a formal remediation or probation is necessary.
format article
author Karen Schultz
Andrea Risk
Lisa Newton
Nicholas Snider
author_facet Karen Schultz
Andrea Risk
Lisa Newton
Nicholas Snider
author_sort Karen Schultz
title Formal remediation and probation (part 2 of 3). When residents shouldn’t become clinicians: getting a grip on fair and defensible processes for termination of training
title_short Formal remediation and probation (part 2 of 3). When residents shouldn’t become clinicians: getting a grip on fair and defensible processes for termination of training
title_full Formal remediation and probation (part 2 of 3). When residents shouldn’t become clinicians: getting a grip on fair and defensible processes for termination of training
title_fullStr Formal remediation and probation (part 2 of 3). When residents shouldn’t become clinicians: getting a grip on fair and defensible processes for termination of training
title_full_unstemmed Formal remediation and probation (part 2 of 3). When residents shouldn’t become clinicians: getting a grip on fair and defensible processes for termination of training
title_sort formal remediation and probation (part 2 of 3). when residents shouldn’t become clinicians: getting a grip on fair and defensible processes for termination of training
publisher Canadian Medical Education Journal
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/64a8a9c5241641c194a62194795b7cb4
work_keys_str_mv AT karenschultz formalremediationandprobationpart2of3whenresidentsshouldntbecomecliniciansgettingagriponfairanddefensibleprocessesforterminationoftraining
AT andrearisk formalremediationandprobationpart2of3whenresidentsshouldntbecomecliniciansgettingagriponfairanddefensibleprocessesforterminationoftraining
AT lisanewton formalremediationandprobationpart2of3whenresidentsshouldntbecomecliniciansgettingagriponfairanddefensibleprocessesforterminationoftraining
AT nicholassnider formalremediationandprobationpart2of3whenresidentsshouldntbecomecliniciansgettingagriponfairanddefensibleprocessesforterminationoftraining
_version_ 1718404104237088768