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Dr. Jeannette Guerrasio

University of Colorado School of Medicine

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University of Colorado School of Medicine

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Jeannette Guerrasio, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of General Internal Medicine, Hospitalist Section, at the University of Colorado and author of Remediation of the Struggling Medical Learner. She graduated from Albany Medical College and completed her residency at the University of Connecticut. As the Assistant Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency, Dr. Guerrasio developed a pioneering approach to improve the educational experience of learners, by creating individualized learning plans for struggling residents and medical students. She was named Clinical Skills Specialist, within the School of Medicine, Department of Student Affairs, and Chief Remediation and Individualized Learning Plan Consultant by Graduate Medical Education to further expand access to her program. Her research explores understanding and early identification of at risk learners and remediation methods and outcomes. In addition to resident and medical student education, she is committed to the clinical care of hospitalized patients, with a focus on inpatient geriatrics. She has contributed to several quality improvement projects at the University of Colorado Hospital to improve geriatric assessments and to decrease delirium, functional decline, and urinary tract infections in this vulnerable population.