Background: The “10 commandments of consultation” were published in 1983 and revised in 2007. Since then, academic medical centers have grown significantly, expanding the number of non-teaching teams. This rapid growth risks straining the current subspecialty consultation services’ teaching and educational models. Overuse of consultations and lack of clarity in the consulting question may increase [...]

Background: Email represents an administrative burden which contributes to overall burnout. While general strategies to mitigate burnout related to email have been published (Armstrong 2017), formal clinical workplace guidelines and specifically their impact have not been described in the literature. The University of Michigan (UM) Division of Hospital Medicine (HM) developed and distributed email management [...]

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 [...]