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Generative AI is now a reasoning partner at the bedside, so the authors of this week's top read argue we should teach and supervise the learner-AI pair, with graduated autonomy, not just the learner. Coaches who keep students tied to their values ease the jump to residency. And a growing share of the doctors our residents train beside come from Caribbean schools, most into primary care.
A new 5-item scale offers a quick check on whether trainees feel safe sharing ideas, uncertainty, and mistakes. Residents who went through remediation echo it: transparency and personalization make or break the process. And as EHR metrics like TRACERs reveal each resident's practice patterns, how we share that data matters as much as the data.
The ABP just opened a 2-year fellowship path in 7 subspecialties for programs that can show readiness with EPAs. That makes trustworthy assessment data priceless, and a JGME study finds AI summaries of rotation comments catch most strengths but miss most areas for improvement. On the recruitment side, signals dominate who gets an interview, and a small PHM pilot shows how far a structured mentoring cohort can move confidence.
Pediatric PDs feel a heavy moral duty to call graduates practice-ready but define readiness differently, just as the ABP moves to EPA-based attestations in 2028. On the way in, pediatrics-specific signals (the NBME shelf, clerkship honors, GHHS) modestly predict early Milestones. Once residents arrive, the hidden struggles are about adapting to the workplace, and Academic Pediatrics shows how help-seeking and autonomy develop along the way.