A residency built around your clinicians.
Most residencies start with an accreditor's checklist. BrainSmith starts with you: what your organization cares about, who your patients are, and what a clinician should be able to do on day one. Then we build the program, the mentorship model, and the platform to run it.
A residency you designed, with intention, around the way you want to practice.
The residency becomes yours from the first meeting. Standards stay rigorous and evidence-based; the shape of the program follows your setting, your people, and your point of view on care.
Think less regulatory template. Think studio model: clear standards, strong mentorship, and a point of view that is distinctly yours.
The Smart Residency principleFive steps from first conversation to a live residency.
A defined path with a clear timeline. Here is what working with BrainSmith looks like.
We meet
A working conversation with your leadership team: clinical setting, patient population, goals, and the problems you are trying to solve.
We define excellence together
The part most residencies skip. We get specific about what great care means in your organization and what a resident should be able to do when they finish.
We build the residency with you
Program length, curriculum, mentorship model, and assessments, grounded in evidence and shaped to your context.
We deploy
Curriculum, case libraries, assessment tools, mentor resources, and dashboards go live on the BrainSmith platform. Infrastructure handled.
You select residents and we begin
Hire new residents or select current staff. We onboard them together and the residency is live.
Built to develop clinicians, and built to prove it.
Mentorship that fits your people
The right mentorship model depends on your staff, your geography, and your culture. We help you choose the approach that fits, then help you run it well.
- High-touch, one-on-one apprenticeship
- Team-based or layered mentorship
- Distance and technology-supported mentoring
- Hybrid: local hands-on plus remote expertise
You will know it is working
Resident development is visible, week by week, against your own definition of excellent.
- Competency milestones. Specific markers for where a resident should be, and when.
- Performance assessments. Structured check-ins tied to your standards rather than a generic rubric.
- Longitudinal records. A running picture of each resident's development over time.
- Progress dashboards. At-a-glance views that surface strengths and gaps early.
The platform behind it all.
The infrastructure already exists. You bring your patients, people, and priorities. BrainSmith brings everything else.
Evidence-based curriculum
Content rooted in current research, ready to customize to your setting.
Deliberate practice libraries
Case banks designed to sharpen clinical reasoning.
Mentor training and support
Tools and training so your mentors keep getting better too.
Performance analytics
Dashboards and reports that show what is working and what needs attention.
AI-enabled learning tools
Adaptive tools that support clinical decision-making and individual learning.
The competency model underneath every Smart Residency is published. Read the BrainSmith Residency Framework.
What you walk away with.
A residency you actually want, and the clinicians your system actually needs. Tell us about your organization below and we will set up a first conversation.
Stephanie leads Smart Residency design and mentorship, and she reads every inquiry that comes through the form below.