Evaluation and Remediation Resources

Below are materials from presentations about evaluation and remediation as well as a list of organizations that provide resources on these topics. Most presentations are available only to Mass General Brigham employees.

Program Director Workshop and Retreat Presentations

Performance Problems in Graduate Medical Education
Presented by Deb Weinstein, MD, VP, Graduate Medical Education
PDF of PowerPoint Presentation

Making Use of Milestones - Practical Inputs and Outputs
Presented by Stephen Black-Schaffer, MD, Program Director, MGH Pathology Residency
PDF of PowerPoint Presentation

Giving Grades in Residency
Presented by George Dyer, MD, Program Director, PHS Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
PDF of PowerPoint Presentation

Using Simulation for Milestone Evaluation: If We Can Do It, So Can You
Presented by Denise W. Gee, MD, Associate PD, MGH Surgery Residency; Shannon Scott-Vernaglia​, MD, PD, MGH Pediatrics Residency, and Ariel Frey-Vogel, MD, MGH Pediatrics Residency
References

The Poorly Performing Trainee
Presented by Debra Weinstein, MD, Vice President of Graduate Medical Education, and Sarah Arnholz, Esq, January 2016
Weinstein and Arnholz: Presentation

"Facing the Challenge of Feedback and Evaluation: How are We doing It?"
Panel: Keith Baker, MD, PhD, Vice Chair, Education, Residency Program Director, Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, MGH
             Ann LaCasce, MD, Program Director for the Dana-Farber/ Mass General Brigham Cancer Care Program
             Robert Lekowski, MD, MPH, Program Director, Anesthesiology and Perioperative and Pain Medicine, BWH
             John Mullen, MD, Visiting Surgeon and Program Director, General Surgery residency, MGH
Baker presentation

Evaluation and Feedback
Presented by Mary Ellen Goldhamer, MD, MPH, GME education specialist, to new program directors, September 2016
PDF of PowerPoint Presentation

Managing Barriers to Meaningful Feedback and Evaluation
Presented by Mary Ellen Goldhamer, MD MPH, GME education specialist and Keith Baker, MD, MGH Anesthesiology residency program director in September 2014.
PowerPoint Presentation

Remediation

Below are some resources for remediation of residents and fellows.

Please contact Deb Weinstein, MD, vice president, GME, or John Co, MD MPH, director, GME, for more information and/or resources.

Non- Mass General Brigham Presentations on Remediation

Remediation of the Deficiencies of Physicians Across the Continuum from Medical School to Practice: A Thematic Review of the Literature by Hauer, K.E., Ciccone, A., Henzel, T.R., et al, Academic Medicine: December 2009 - Volume 84 - Issue 12 - p 1822-1832.

Resident Remediation: A Case Management Approach modified from AAMC/Group on Resident Affairs

Referral Centers

Massachusetts Medical Society Physician Health Services (PHS):
PHS is a program established by the Massachusetts Medical Society to provide outreach, support and monitoring to physicians with behavioral health problems, as well as mental health and chemical dependency issues, throughout Massachusetts. PHS staff is available to assist in assessments and, where appropriate, interventions. Communications with PHS are confidential under state law, and chemical dependency cases have additional protection under federal law.

Additional Resources

Issue                               Resource

Disruptive behavior       Massachusetts Medical Society
 
Legal                             Sarah Arnholz (617-724-8089 ), Office of General Counsel, 617-724-8089

Medical Clearance        Andrew Gottlieb in Occupational Health, 617-724-3905

Mental Health                Employee Assistance Program

Professionalism            BWH: Jo Shapiro, MD

This page reviewed 3/31/21.