Become the Resident Everyone Trusts
The Elite Resident Accelerator (ERA) is a high-performance coaching and mentoring program for ambitious residents who want to lead calmly under pressure, earn top evaluations, and still feel like a human when they get home.
You didn’t work this hard just to “survive” residency. You’re here to not only show up, but to lead and leave a legacy. You’re not unprepared. You're under-equipped. Didactics don’t teach the systems that make residents trustworthy when things go sideways.Limited spots. Designed for serious, high-performing residents only.
Is Residency Is Failing to Train “This” Part of You?
You replay cases, consults, and comments in your head and wonder,
“Did I miss something? Am I behind?”
You’re terrified of being labeled “a problem resident,” so you push harder, stay later, and still feel like it’s not enough.
Feedback (formal or whispered) sticks to your brain like glue. A single negative comment or write-up can ruin your whole week.
You know you’re smart and capable, but your nervous system is on a hair trigger: one complication, one angry family, one snarky attending and you’re spiraling.
You’re quietly afraid that the way you’re doing this: sleep-deprived, tightly wound, and constantly proving yourself, is not sustainable.
And yet, you also know this:
You’re not here to be “average.”
You want to be the resident that people are relieved to see walk into the room.
You care about your patients, your performance, and your future way too much to just wing it.
If you’re nodding along, you’re exactly who I built The Elite Resident Accelerator for.
If you’re a resident, this probably sounds familiar:
Introducing The Elite Resident Accelerator
Think like the attending you’re becoming, instead of the intern who’s terrified of messing up.
Handle feedback, complications, and conflict without spiraling.
Have clear systems for consults, documentation, communication, and post-shift reset; so you stop dragging the hospital home in your head.
Become the resident your program director points to as the standard.
This isn’t about making you superhuman. It’s about giving you the mindset, tools, and structure to perform at a high level while staying human.
The Elite Resident Accelerator (ERA) is a step-by-step coaching program that turns hardworking residents into calm, trusted leaders without you having to be the loudest person in the room or sacrifice the rest of your life to do it.
By the end of ERA, you will:
“I Don’t Have Time for Anything Extra.”
When most residents land on this page, they’re thinking:
“I barely have time to eat, how am I supposed to do a program?”
“What if I invest and nothing actually changes?”
“I’m already pretty high-functioning. Do I really need this, or should I just tough it out?”
That’s why ERA is designed for the reality of residency, not some fantasy schedule.
Bite-sized trainings you can listen to on your commute or between cases.
Simple, repeatable tools you can actually use on call tonight.
Frameworks that directly improve what your attendings already evaluate you on.
This isn’t “more work.”
It’s the operating system that makes the work you’re already doing count.
Step 1 – Decide to Lead Like an Attending Now
You enroll in ERA, choosing your payment option. You’ll get access to the private FB group instantly and the core modules when the program starts (April 14, 2026). This will give you tools that match where you are in training.
Step 2 – Plug Into the Elite Resident Playbook and Live Group Coaching
You’ll learn focused tools: how to handle feedback, navigate consults, manage your nervous system in the ER/OR, make your documentation faster, have hard conversations, and more. You don’t get homework for homework’s sake, only what shifts your behavior on your very next shift. Live Group Coaching will help to talk through real life Resident scenarios that you can debrief on or listen to others who are going through similar things.
Step 3 – Execute on Shift, With Support
You implement in real time: on rounds, in the OR/wards/ER, at sign-out. You use the frameworks, scripts, and checklists under real pressure, and bring your wins and challenges back for refinement. Over time, your baseline becomes calm authority instead of anxious reactivity.
How The Elite Resident Accelerator Works
The Elite Resident Accelerator Is a Perfect Fit For You If…
ERA is a perfect fit for you if:
* You’re a resident (any year, any specialty) who knows you’re capable of more than just surviving.
* You want to be respected for your judgment, not just your ability to grind.
* You’re willing to look honestly at your patterns: overthinking, people-pleasing, avoidance; and upgrade them.
* You want scripts and systems you can use immediately, not vague “just take care of yourself” advice.
* You’re ready to invest in your own growth instead of hoping your program magically teaches you how to lead.
ERA is NOT for you if:
* You want a place to complain about medicine without taking responsibility.
* You’re looking for a magic fix that doesn’t require any mindset or behavior change.
* You aren’t willing to be coached, challenged, and supported at a high level.
Imagine Six Months From Now…
You get a complicated consult at 6:45 pm. Instead of panicking, you know exactly what questions to ask, how to structure your assessment, and how to present it calmly, even if your attending is stressed.
Attending gives you sharp feedback. You don’t crumble. You extract the data, integrate it, and move on without dragging it into every future case.
Your notes are done before you leave. You walk out of the hospital actually finished, not dreading hours of charting at home.
Your co-residents and nurses start saying things like, “I feel better when you’re on,” because you bring grounded, steady energy to the team.
You’re building a reputation as the resident who is reliable, coachable, and composed; even under pressure.
That’s what Elite looks like in residency. That’s what we build inside this program.
Picture this:
Investment in YOU Era
Tuition for The Elite Resident Accelerator is structured to be accessible for residents while honoring the depth of support and transformation offered.
Founding Members Enjoy 50% Off — Limited Time Only
One-time payment
$180 (Regular $360)
Monthly plan
$30 (Regular $60) x 6 months
Lifetime access to all online short, high-yield tools that fit into real schedules
Access to bonuses including practical ways to stay caught up and protect your energy
Live group monthly coaching calls on real residency situations for 6 months
Private access to The Elite Resident Accelerator (Resident Only) Facebook Group x6 months access
Your future self will thank you for making this decision now, not at the end of training.
The Elite Resident Confidence Guarantee
I built this program because I wish I’d had it during my own training.
Here’s my promise:
If you join The Elite Resident Accelerator, go through the first two weeks, and genuinely apply the tools and you still don’t feel any shift in your clarity, confidence, or day-to-day experience. I want you to email my team within 14 days of your start date, and we’ll make it right per the refund policy.
You’re taking enough risk at work. Investing in your growth shouldn’t feel like one of them.
Questions You Might Still Have
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ERA is built for high-functioning residents. If you’re already performing well, this program helps you refine your leadership, emotional regulation, and systems so you stand out for the right reasons without burning out or becoming bitter in the process.
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Most residents spend about 30–45 minutes per week engaging with content or coaching. The focus is on tools you can plug directly into your real shifts, not long lectures. Think: listen on your commute, implement on your next call night.
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Yes. While I’m a trauma and critical care surgeon, the frameworks are specialty-agnostic: communication, feedback, emotional regulation, consults, documentation, and leadership apply whether you’re in medicine, OB, EM, surgery, or another field.
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Yup. Interns learn how to build elite habits and identity from day one. Seniors sharpen leadership, delegation, and legacy-building. You’ll be guided on where to focus based on your PGY level.
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No. ERA is a coaching and performance program. We work on mindset, patterns, nervous system tools, leadership, and systems. Many residents do both therapy and ERA, they complement each other beautifully.
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You investing in yourself is not a conflict with your training. In fact, many PDs love when residents take ownership of their growth. You don’t need anyone’s permission to become the best version of yourself.
A Note If You’re Still On the Fence
If we were sitting together post-call with bad coffee and puffy eyes, here’s what I’d tell you:
You are not “too sensitive,” “too soft,” or “not cut out for this” because residency feels heavy sometimes. You’re a human being doing high-stakes work inside a system that was never built to protect your nervous system or your relationships.
What will set you apart is not how much you can tolerate, but how intentionally you grow.
You get to decide whether you spend these years:
Over-functioning, terrified of being “found out,” and hoping it all magically feels better later…
or
Learning the skills, tools, and mindset of the residents and attendings who are calm, grounded, and deeply trusted.
I still practice medicine. I still encounter complications, hard cases, and gut-punch moments. The difference now is how I meet them without losing myself in the process.
That’s what I want for you.
From One Physician to Another
I grew up equating worth with performance: get the grades, win the awards, don’t make mistakes. Surgery, trauma, and critical care rewarded that perfectionism until it almost broke me.
What finally changed everything wasn’t another journal article, another course, or another award. It was learning how to be fully human and excellent. How to hold myself to a high standard without destroying myself to meet it. How to lead from grounded confidence instead of fear.
You don’t have to wait until you’re an attending to figure this out the hard way.
You can build it now, inside your current reality, with the shifts and call and consults you already have.
If your gut is telling you, “This is what I’ve been looking for,” I’d love to walk with you through this season.
See you in ERA,
Dr. Chrissy
Trauma & Critical Care Surgeon
Founder, Whole Body Optimism
Creator, The Elite Resident Accelerator (ERA)