CE Webinar: Supporting Trainees with Problems of Professional Competence

Description

Abstract
This workshop will begin by describing and contextualizing trainees who do not meet professional competence requirements. A framework will be provided for conceptualizing problems of professional competence and identifying and assessing competence and competence problems. An approach for having difficult conversations with supervisees with competence problems then will be offered, followed by a discussion of strategies for designing and implementing remediation plans. Common ethical and legal issues in working with trainees with problems of professional competence will be detailed along with recommendations for navigating these challenges. Audience engagement via reflective questions, answers will occur throughout the workshop.

Learning Objectives

• Discuss a framework for conceptualizing and assessing trainees with
  problems of professional competence
• List two strategies and detail their implementation for intervening with
  trainees with competence problems
• Describe one commonly encountered ethical challenge when training or
  supervising trainees with problems of professional competence and an
  approach for handling this ethical challenge