Article: The shift from disbelieving underperformance to recognising failure: A tipping point model
How do medical educators recognize when a resident is unlikely to succeed? What are the risk factors that usher us to the tipping point at which we must use that ugly four-letter “F” word–“Fail”? In this qualitative study, we explore the various aspects of a resident’s performance that supervisors use to cross the tipping point from disbelieving underperformance to recognizing failure.
Article:
Gingerich A, Sebok-Syer SS, Lingard L, Watling CJ. The shift from disbelieving underperformance to recognising failure: A tipping point model. Med Educ. 2022 Apr;56(4):395-406.
Discussants:
- Abiara Vanessa Agwu, MD, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Phoenix Children’s Hospital School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
- Ruchi Kaushik, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Residency Program Director, Medical Director of the Complex Care Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine – The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
