Background: Across the field of Hospital Medicine, there is a “call to arms” to build robust faculty development programs(1). Medical education and clinical teaching are common career interests for early career hospitalists (ECH), defined as hospitalists ≤5 years since postgraduate training. ECH often pursue academic positions to explore an interest in medical education, but find […]

Background: Large hospital medicine groups of 30 or more physicians comprise over 20% of practices (SHM 2018). Our academic hospital medicine service is comprised of 65 faculty members. We recognized a need for multiple levels of leadership beyond the immediate chief and director of clinical operations. Our team, like most hospital medicine groups, is comprised […]

Background: Nationwide death by suicide burnout continues to rise in physicians (1). The key drivers of burnout are increased emotional exhaustion (EE) and depersonalization (DP) and low levels of personal accomplishment(PA). In a 2014 the Annals of Family Medicine survey revealed that 73% of general internists would not choose the same specialty again, attributing burnout […]

Background: Successful hospitalist co-management programs address provider knowledge base as well as ongoing faculty skill development and education (1). With a growing liver transplant program, our institution has seen increased patient volume on the hospitalist liver service. Hospitalists and hepatologists co-manage this expanding population of high acuity patients with complex pathologies. In the past year, […]

Background: Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) training for hospitalists is important for direct patient care, supervision of Internal Medicine residents, and collaboration with Emergency Department and ICU providers. Current opportunities for POCUS training employ the I-AIM framework which structures learning objectives around indications, acquisition, image interpretation, and medical decision making. Unfortunately, learning image acquisition remains heavily time […]

Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), when integrated with a physical examination, increases accuracy of diagnosis and decreases procedural complications. Purpose: We developed the Integrated Sonographic Competency at NYU (I-ScaN) to train hospitalists in POCUS. Description: The program begins with an intensive 2-day course consisting of lectures, clip reviews, and hands-on training on humans models covering views […]

Background: Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) are becoming a very prevalent part of academic hospital medicine. From 2016 to 2018, APP utilization in academic hospital medicine groups has increased by 23.6%, with 75.7% of academic HMGs now employing APPs. In our division, APPs have become an integral part of our educational fabric, teaching a wide array […]

Background: National data document that hospital medicine groups frequently lack representative diversity in terms of race, ethnic background and gender. This diversity gap further expands with career development and promotion. Traditional physician hiring strategies are susceptible to elements of bias that may contribute to these disparities. Purpose: To design and implement a structured process for […]

Background: Morbidity and Mortality Conference (MMC) has been recognized as a valuable educational resource in training programs to improve patient safety. Traditional MMCs are often poorly defined in terms of format, goals, and outcomes, leading to ineffective reflection, discussion and action. Increasing evidence suggests that a structured and transparent approach to MMCs results in measurable […]