Not Everyone is Perfect - Struggling learners, Remediation and the Role of Faculty

Date: Saturday, 26 September 2026 | Time: 1630 - 1800 | Venue: Whitespace, Academia (SGH Campus)

Track Type: Workshop

Main Facilitator:

Overview:

About 10% of trainees in healthcare are identified as ‘struggling’ or challenging leaner. Early identification of these trainees along with appropriate remediation leads to better outcomes. Faculty often have inadequate training in this area and can be perplexed on how to support and guide these struggling learners. This remediation workshop will help participants understand the various types of challenging learners and how to ‘diagnose’ them, as well as recognize the key components involved in remediation. Participants will be introduced to a useful framework that can be used to teach participants the essential skills in remediation to support struggling trainees. Through this workshop, participants will learn how to assess a struggling trainee using a systematic approach; develop and implement an individualised action plan; and will also learn how to do conduct a focused reassessment of a struggling trainee to ensure an acceptable level of competence has been met. These skills will be taught via a combination of didactic lectures and small group interactive sessions utilising case studies.

Learning Outcome(s):

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify struggling learners
• Develop an individualised action plan for struggling learners
• Conduct a focused reassessment of the struggling learner's area of difficulty

Target Audience:

Faculty in Undergraduate and Post-Graduate training programmes, programme coordinators, clinical and academic supervisors, and anyone who seeks to improve their skills in identification and remediation of struggling trainees. No prior knowledge/experience in remediation is necessary.