Coaching Program
The Coaching Program is an innovative approach to providing longitudinal assessment and feedback to residents throughout their training, and to help residents develop skills of lifelong learning and self-reflection.
Each resident is assigned a specific Faculty Coach who observes and guides that resident across multiple rotations, inpatient and outpatient settings, and training years. The Coach observes the resident in multiple clinical situations (rounds, clinic, initial H&P, handoffs, supervisory encounters, care conferences, and others) and provides specific and directed feedback aimed at strengthening clinical skills. The Coach also communicates with service Attendings to enlist their assistance with furthering specific skills for a given resident. For instance, if a resident has particular difficulty in concise patient charting, the Coach may make the Attending on service aware of this ongoing challenge for the resident and ask them to review notes with the resident. Coaches will also solicit feedback from Attendings following their interaction with the resident to gain additional insight. Coaches also participate in monthly faculty development sessions and serve as part of the Clinical Competency Committee. Each Coach oversees approximately 10 residents.
The Coaching Program is under the direction of Becky Blankenburg, MD, MPH, Coaching Director, and Carrie Rassbach, MD, Program Director.
Faculty Coaches
Elizabeth Blecharczyk, MD
Neonatal Hospitalist
Jessica Gold, MD
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Sara Kreimer, MD
Hematology Oncology
Debbie Sakai, MD
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Mike Tracy, MD
Pulmonology
Kevin Chi, MD
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Kim Hoang, MD
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Carrie Loutit, MD
General Pediatrics
Associate Coaching Program Director
Hayden Schwenk, MD
Infectious Disease
Becky Blankenburg, MD
Coaching Director
Alison Chiang, MD, MPH
General Pediatrics
Lynne Huffman, MD
Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
Jen O'Malley
Child Neurology
Diane Stafford, MD
Pediatric Endocrinology
Carrie Rassbach, MD
Program Director
Resources
- Resident Rounding and Handoff Times
- Coaching Best Practices: Handoffs
- Coaching Overview and Guidelines
- Coaching Program Description
- Resident Advising and Coaching Roles
- Resident-Coach Assignments
- Coaching Observations by Resident Year
- Bates' Physical Exam Videos
- Stanford 25 Website
- IPASS website: ipasshandoffstudy.com
- Coaching Best Practices: History-taking
- Coaching Best Practices: Physical-exam
- Coaching Best Practices: Presenting a Patient
- Coaching Strategies to Engage Residents
- Coaching Strategies to Stretch Strong Residents
Observation Tools
- COACHING Observation Form: Inpatient Observation
- COACHING Observation Form: Clinic Observation
- COACHING Observation form: IPASS Giver
- COACHING Observation form: IPASS Receiver
- COACHING: IPASS Feedback tool for Printed Handoff
- COACHING: Observation form: Participation on Rounds
- Documentation Tool
- Informal Coaching Meeting
- Precepting Observation Tool