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I recently got emails from 2 students from a rotation a couple of months ago. We had a notoriously malignant chief who made all our lives a living hell the entire time, and seems to have gone completely off the deep end since recently failing to match into fellowship. Apparently, this chief failed both students, going out of his way to submit evals that he ordinarily would not have had to do. This person seems to have serious issues to begin with. For example, he's pulled me aside multiple times to make statements like "you know so-and-so doesn't like you" when said individual has never made any attempt to engage me in conflict. He also forbade me from picking up extra cases with my mentors in my goal subspecialty, claiming it would have caused a "duty hour violation" when I was nowhere near the limit and their service genuinely needed extra hands. I am bitching, I know. But the list goes on.
Back to the students. One was perfectly fine and the other was actualy very good. It's causing them a lot of grief with credits and the like. They each asked me to submit my own eval, as their program has decided to average the chief's with that of another resident. I'd love to help put a stop to this nonsense long-term, but the power differential and the fact that this person can't seem to be reasoned with make it difficult. Still, I would like suggestions on how to tactfully point out to the students' faculty that the chief has a history of stirring up trouble and that the evals really should be taken with a grain of salt.
Back to the students. One was perfectly fine and the other was actualy very good. It's causing them a lot of grief with credits and the like. They each asked me to submit my own eval, as their program has decided to average the chief's with that of another resident. I'd love to help put a stop to this nonsense long-term, but the power differential and the fact that this person can't seem to be reasoned with make it difficult. Still, I would like suggestions on how to tactfully point out to the students' faculty that the chief has a history of stirring up trouble and that the evals really should be taken with a grain of salt.