Your next remediation case doesn't have to consume 45 faculty hours
For program directors who need results they can measure.
Your next remediation case will consume 29-45 faculty hours. The learner who needs the most practice will get the fewest repetitions, because every SP encounter takes weeks to schedule and costs $200-$500. ClinicalSim gives struggling learners unlimited, on-demand practice — breaking bad news, navigating angry patients, conducting informed consent — with real-time feedback mapped to ICS Milestones 2.0. Every session generates a timestamped, milestone-aligned record your CCC can actually use.
What's at stake
Faculty time consumed
Each remediation case absorbs 29-45 faculty hours in direct coaching, observation, and documentation. At $150-$300/hour clinical revenue, that's $5,000-$15,000 in opportunity cost per case.
No standardized tools
93% of programs face remediation, but no national toolkit exists. Most programs build their approach from scratch every time, with inconsistent methods and undocumented outcomes.
Insufficient training in remediation
One in four program directors report receiving little to no training in how to remediate residents. The people responsible for fixing communication deficits often lack formal preparation themselves.
The hardest competencies to fix
ICS and professionalism are consistently identified as the most difficult competencies to remediate. Programs report 77-91% overall remediation success, but communication failures are the cases that persist and escalate.
The numbers
of programs have faced remediation in the past 3 years
CERA Survey, 267 Family Medicine PDs
faculty hours consumed per remediation case
University of Colorado; Penn EIRC
of PDs want an accessible remediation toolkit
CERA Survey
of PDs received little to no training in remediation
CERA Survey
How ClinicalSim helps
Structured Practice Before Coaching
Give learners 20 structured encounters before their first coaching session. Breaking bad news, angry patient encounters, informed consent — each with milestone-aligned feedback. Faculty time goes to coaching, not facilitation.
Milestone-Aligned Assessment
Every practice session generates feedback mapped to ICS Milestones 2.0 (ICS-1: patient communication, ICS-2: interprofessional communication, ICS-3: communication within healthcare systems). Documentation your CCC can use at the next review.
On-Demand, Not On-Schedule
The learner who needs the most practice shouldn't wait for the next available SP slot. ClinicalSim provides unlimited practice 24/7, from any device, with no scheduling bottleneck.
Faculty Coach, Not Faculty Infrastructure
The PD stays in the loop as coach, not as the entire remediation infrastructure. Monitor progress through the faculty dashboard without being present for every practice session.
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