🧭 About the Clinical Compass Clinical Readiness Approach

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Clinical Compass is a guided framework developed to support struggling learners in clinical education—not by waiting for failure, but by identifying and addressing patterns of struggle early and systematically.

Rather than treating remediation as a last-minute reaction to exam scores or rotation failures, this model breaks down the most commonly observed failure types into identifiable patterns, such as inconsistent disease recognition, reasoning missteps, documentation issues, or difficulty applying care across sociocultural contexts.

Each failure type is presented below in a collapsible format, allowing faculty to explore:

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- How the issue manifests in a student’s behavior or assessment performance
- Common early signs or preceptor feedback that may go unnoticed
- Triggers that often lead to these struggles
- Worst-case scenarios when left unaddressed
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By naming the pattern and intervening early with targeted recovery tracks, faculty can help learners build confidence, close gaps, and regain forward momentum in their clinical education.

Whether you're guiding a student through core rotations or analyzing underperformance on end-of-rotation exams, the Clinical Compass provides a structured, supportive, and individualized approach to remediation that respects the complexity of clinical learning—and gives students the best chance to succeed.