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Confidential intake for residents: tell us what’s happening, early.
Last updated · By Resident Help
The single most common regret we hear is “I waited.” Sign in with a personal Google account, then answer what you know and leave the rest blank. It takes about two minutes, we follow up either way, and there is no cost to send it.
Step 1 of 2
Sign in with Google to start your intake
Your intake is tied to the Google account you choose. That is how we reach you, how you see your own submission later, and how documents you upload stay attached to you rather than to a loose email address.
Use a personal Gmail, not a hospital or university account.
Administrators can see activity on accounts they control, and those accounts are cut off the day you are suspended. The Google chooser will let you pick; if you only see an institutional account, add a personal one first.
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Continue with Google
Takes a few seconds. We only receive your name and email.
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Answer the intake
About two minutes. Leave blank what you do not know.
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We follow up
Within one business day, or today if a deadline is close.
Signing in does not create an attorney-client relationship and does not send us anything yet. Resident Help is a nonprofit, not a law firm. How we store and protect what you send: privacy policy.
How it works, and what it costs
- Intake and case review are free.
- If you need a lawyer, we connect you with independent counsel within 48 hours.
- Counsel works for a reduced flat fee, with no hourly billing, paid to counsel. Resident Help has no referral or fee arrangement with any lawyer and receives nothing.
Why sign in first?
Your intake, any documents we later ask for, and our replies all attach to one account you control. It also lets you see your own submission and its status without us emailing details around.
On a J-1 or H-1B?
Say so in the form. A dismissal can start immigration and Intealth (formerly ECFMG) deadlines, so we account for them from the first call.
A note on patient information
Please describe clinical events without patient names, dates of birth, or record numbers. A general description is enough for us to help.
Before you talk to anyone
- Do not resign, sign, or agree to anything until counsel has read it: not a “mutual separation,” not a release, not a remediation plan.
- Use personal devices and personal email only. Assume anything on hospital systems is visible to the institution.
- Preserve everything: texts, emails, call logs, schedules, evaluations, policies, the handbook, and the dates on all of it.
- Put your side in writing, dated, while your memory is fresh: factually, without adjectives.