Background: Communication is a vital aspect of a doctor-patient relationship in providing medical care. Despite extensive research and ACGME guidelines of interpersonal and communication skills, there is a lack of a formal curriculum that is designed to systematically teach resident physicians on creating and sustaining therapeutic relationships with patients and families. Some institutions have tried [...]

Background: The lack of competent teaching faculty is a major limitation to the expansion of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in the field of inpatient and outpatient medicine despite the availability of approved training programs. Programmatic research demonstrates that participants have increased knowledge, skill and confidence immediately after a course. Currently there is insufficient data on long [...]

Background: Biases and microaggressions are common in the clinical setting and can impact the wellbeing of medical trainees and faculty. From our knowledge, this is the first study to assess workplace experiences based on group identity of medicine faculty and trainees across sites and subspecialities using qualitative and quantitative data to help design re-enactment upstander [...]

Background: The hospitalist role has traditionally been within the hospital setting where a dedicated Rapid Response Team (RRT) and critical care support are available to respond to acute clinical events. While hospitalist involvement in RRT/Codes can vary by institution, the academic hospitalist is infrequently the RRT/Code team leader. As the hospitalist’s scope expands to new [...]

Background: Microaggressions were first described by Dr. Chester Pierce in 1997 as “subtle and stunning” daily racial offenses and then by Sue et al. as “brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, and environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional” which often target marginalized groups. Many studies have demonstrated the harmful effect of microaggressions on the target [...]

Background: The hospitalist position has exploded in recent years to become one of the largest single groups of physicians in medicine, increasing in size by 50% from 2012 to 2018. Many early career hospitalists have limited, if any, dedicated training for the role beyond their internal medicine residencies. Accordingly, new hospitalists may have greatly varying [...]

Background: The Internal Medicine and Family Medicine residency programs were established at Hillsboro Medical Center (HMC), a small-sized community hospital, in 2021. As the multidisciplinary healthcare team adapts to incorporate resident trainees into the clinical workflow, the lack of resident exposure to Code Blue and rapid response scenarios was observed. Limited hands-on experience during medical [...]

Background: Advanced practice providers (APPs) are among the fastest growing occupations in the US. Onboarding APPs is imperative to ensure adequate training in hospital medicine, but can be challenging given the resources required for optimal training. Team-based training offers opportunities to provide comprehensive onboarding while efficiently utilizing existing staff and resources. Purpose: To develop a [...]