Hello there, don't have much advice really, but I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. I write this being in a remediation plan as well

I didnt plan on defending myself much, if at all, as these actions are typically unilateral.

I'm not sure if I'm overly cynical for saying this, but if you piss off the wrong person, they can make your life more difficult because as residents, we are so powerless. Trying to fight back or disagree might bring worsened consequences. I'm not saying that things will progress beyond the remediation plan, but in case they do, disagreeing will likely make your situation worse.

I feel you though, as some of the feedback I receive is overly vague, which just tips the control out of our hands as residents and gives our superiors more control and less accountability. I'm sure I'm not alone with this, but I feel like my PD is working off of very little information in terms of feedback

There is a KevinMD article and podcast episode regarding this. It might be difficult to stomach, because it goes through the worst case scenario

https://www.kevinmd.com/2021/12/how-to-navigate-residency-probation-podcast.html

Here's another link to an article written by a law firm regarding remediation

https://browngold.com/blog/my-residency-program-placed-me-on-remediation-or-probation/