Managing the difficult learning situation.

(Fam Med 2000;32(5):307-9.) Editor’s Note: In this second of a two-part series on difficult learning situations, John Langlois, MD, and Sarah Thach, MPH, of the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) Division of Family Medicine in Asheville, NC, provide us with information and tips on managing difficult learning situations. The content of the column is based on materials developed as a part of the Preceptor Development Program (PDP), a comprehensive program of preceptor development materials supported by a Health Resources and Services Administration Family Medicine Training Grant (1D15PE50119-01). Detailed information on this project can be obtained from the PDP Web site at www.mtn.ncahec.org/pdp. I welcome your comments about this feature, which is also published on the STFM Web site at www.stfm.org. I also encourage all predoctoral directors to make copies of this feature and distribute it to their preceptors (with the appropriate Family Medicine citation). Send your submissions to Paul Paulman, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine, 983075 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-3075. 402-559-6818. Fax: 402-559-6501. E-mail: [email protected]. Submissions should be no longer than 3–4 double-spaced pages. References can be used but are not required. Count each table or figure as one page of text.