Background: The year 2020 was pivotal for physician trainees. The harrowing disparities in SARS-CoV-2 infection and deaths left many trainees with a sense of anguish and urgency for working towards health equity. However, surveys of Internal Medicine residents have shown that their knowledge of healthcare disparities is poor, with minimal improvement and exposure during training. [...]

Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a valuable tool in the assessment of acutely ill hospitalized patients. Although hospitalists frequently wish to use POCUS in their clinical practice, many have never received formal training. The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) offers a robust certificate of completion (COC) program in POCUS incorporating online learning modules, in-person courses, [...]

Background: A crowning step upon graduation from internal medicine (IM) residency training is the successful completion of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) licensing exam. ABIM Initial Certification Exam pass rates declined significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic from the preceding 4-year rolling test rate for first-time takers. Graduates of our IM residency training program [...]

Background: For the past 4 years, we have taught PGY-2 residents basic skills in lung, cardiac, abdominal, and vascular POCUS based on national courses. Current methods of assessing POCUS skills focus on image acquisition and image interpretation without clinical context, however using POCUS for patient care requires the clinician to integrate their findings to a [...]

Background: The prevalence of burnout is 45% in medical students and 35% in residents, while depression is similar at around 30%.1,2,3,4 In 2017, ACGME revised its common program requirements to emphasize “psychological, emotional, and physical well-being as critical in the development of the competent, caring, and resilient physician.”5 The 2022 CLER report found the “pandemic [...]

Background: There were 527,000 hospitalizations due to opioid use in 2012, which equates to more than $15 billion in medical care costs (Ronan & Herzig, 2016). Providers report significant barriers in treating patients with substance use disorders (SUDs), including feelings of unpreparedness to treat addiction (Calcaterra et al., 2021). Advance practice provider (APP) education lacks [...]

Background: Podcasts geared towards clinicians are increasing in popularity. While there are several podcasts that garner a high listenership the general internal medicine community , few podcasts are tailored specifically to hospitalists. Purpose: Our overall goal was to develop and launch a new podcast designed for hospitalists to provide clinical updates as well as interviews [...]

Background: When the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education established new regulations for resident work hours, this resulted in an increase in patient handoffs and discontinuity of care in residency training, necessitating resident rotations requiring night cross-cover.(1,2) The annual survey of clerkship directors in 2014 showed only 38.7% of students experience nights during their clerkship [...]

Background: Recommended core skills for internal medicine subinterns include recognizing sick patients, knowing when to ask for help, and time management skills. ACGME duty hour restrictions have led to more resident shift work including night shifts. Working with nightfloat residents provides a unique opportunity for students to incorporate the aforementioned learning objectives through patient cross-coverage [...]

Background: Interprofessional Education (IPE) is an accreditation requirement for pharmacy, nursing, physician assistant (PA), and medical schools. Developing quality IPE learning activities that are meaningful and relevant to all learners can be challenging due to different levels of exposure and training in the discipline-specific curriculum. Purpose: We developed an interprofessional quality improvement/patient safety (QI/PS) workshop [...]