Remediation for Fitness to Practice
Course Description
Remediation for Fitness to Practice (USA) is a CPD course designed to support healthcare professionals in understanding what remediation means, why it matters, and how to demonstrate it effectively to regulators.
In the United States, state licensing boards, the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), and professional associations such as the AMA, ANA, ADA, and APhA consistently emphasise remediation as essential in restoring trust after lapses in practice. Remediation is not about punishment — it is about corrective action, learning, and demonstrating safe, sustainable change.
This course guides participants through different types of remediation (educational, clinical, ethical, behavioural), explains regulator expectations, explores weak vs strong remediation examples, and provides practical strategies for embedding remediation into professional identity.
Course Content
Course Objectives
Course Objectives
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Section 1: Introduction — What Remediation Means in U.S. Healthcare Practice
1.1 Defining Remediation in Healthcare
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1.2 Why Remediation Is More Than Apology
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1.3 Remediation as a Licensing Requirement
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1.4 Remediation in Daily Professional Practice
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1.5 Hallmarks of Effective Remediation
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1.6 Reflective Quiz
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Section 2: Why Remediation Matters — Licensure, Patient Safety, and Public Trust
2.1 Remediation and Licensure
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2.2 Remediation and Patient Safety
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2.3 Remediation and Public Trust
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2.4 Why Boards Sanction More Harshly Without Remediation
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2.5 Remediation as Predictor of Safe Future Practice
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2.6 Reflective Quiz
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Section 3: Regulator Expectations for Remediation (FSMB, State Boards, AMA, ANA, ADA, APhA)
3.1 Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)
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3.2 State Licensing Boards
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3.3 American Medical Association (AMA)
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3.4 American Nurses Association (ANA)
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3.5 American Dental Association (ADA)
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3.6 American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
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3.7 Shared Themes Across Regulators and Associations
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3.8 Reflective Quiz
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Section 4: Types of Remediation — Educational, Clinical, Ethical, Behavioural
4.1 Educational Remediation
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4.2 Clinical Remediation
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4.3 Ethical Remediation
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4.4 Behavioural Remediation
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4.5 Integrated Remediation Approaches
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4.6 Reflective Quiz
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Section 5: Weak vs Strong Remediation — Case Comparisons
5.1 Medicine — Record Falsification
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5.2 Nursing — Medication Error
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5.3 Dentistry — Overbilling
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5.4 Pharmacy — Dispensing Error
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5.5 Midwifery — Disrespectful Communication
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5.6 Common Features of Weak vs Strong Remediation
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5.7 Reflective Quiz
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Section 6: Demonstrating Remediation in Disciplinary Processes
6.1 Why Demonstration Matters
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6.2 Forms of Demonstrating Remediation
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6.3 Weak vs Strong Demonstration in Hearings
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6.4 How Boards Evaluate Remediation Evidence
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6.5 Impact of Demonstration on Sanctions
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6.6 Building a Remediation Portfolio
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6.7 Reflective Quiz
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Section 7: Case Studies — Effective Remediation Across Professions
7.1 Medicine — Unsafe Prescribing
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7.2 Nursing — Documentation Failures
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7.3 Dentistry — Billing Misconduct
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7.4 Pharmacy — Dispensing Errors
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7.5 Midwifery — Disrespectful Behaviour
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7.6 Lessons Across Professions
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7.7 Reflective Quiz
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Section 8: Embedding Remediation into Professional Identity and Resilience
8.1 Remediation as Part of Professional Identity
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8.2 Daily Habits That Sustain Remediation
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