We are in our blog mini-series of faculty using coaching skills.  A couple of weeks ago, we walked through an overview of and covered the first, Creating a Safe Space, followed by last week’s Deep Listening and Developing Awareness. This week, we will take a deeper dive on the skill Partnering to Define and Design Progress.   

I want to offer that not every situation calls for a coaching approach. It will often still serve you and the trainee best to take the...

We are continuing to unpack coaching skills for faculty. Two weeks ago, we covered how faculty taking a coaching approach differs from physician coaching. Last week, we walked through a coaching approach for faculty to consider when working with residents on their individualized learning plans (ILP). Today, I hope to offer you an overview of the coaching skills to incorporate as faculty and then dive into the first — Creating a Safe Space.

The great news is that most of you as...