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Abstract Number: 55
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) mandates shelf examinations for all upper-level medical students completing the Internal Medicine (IM) clerkship. Undergraduate medical curricula have adopted many disparate strategies for succinctly delivering “high-yield” topics to students prior to their examinations, such as PowerPoint presentations, mock examinations, and review of challenging questions from question banks […]
Abstract Number: 61
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Literature regarding resident education in transitions of care is limited, particularly in geriatric populations. The University of Colorado performed a pilot of a virtual multidisciplinary conference call between providers on the geriatric inpatient unit of the University of Colorado Hospital and its Seniors Clinic. Residents rotating on the Acute Care of the Elder (ACE) […]
Abstract Number: 62
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: The concept of using Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in undergraduate medical education (UME) arose because residency program directors noticed a significant decline in their interns’ ability to perform the basic skills required of them upon starting residency. The internal medicine (IM) sub-internship (sub-I) rotation is primed to address the EPAs especially pertinent to the […]
Abstract Number: 98
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Since the “birth” of hospitalist in mid-nineties, it took 20 years to grow from zero to 50,000 physicians in 2016. In the U.S, internal medicine (IM) services are covered by different models, including teaching IM services and non-teaching services. Non-teaching services are attended by hospitalists or outpatient-practicing internists. Methods: We conducted a classical prospective […]
Abstract Number: 219
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Fall for hospitalized patients can cause significant injury and have devastating long term consequences for patients with 33% resulting in injury, 4-6% causing serious injury (1). Information is available regarding risk factors for falls and specific patient or nursing centric interventions to prevent falls, but there is little known about the physician perspective in […]
Abstract Number: 270
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Testing of ascitic fluid is recommended in all patients admitted to the hospital and delay in paracentesis has been shown to increase in-hospital mortality. Academic hospitalists in collaboration with internal medicine residency programs are establishing medicine procedure services to address concerns about resident training in procedures and patient safety. Our aim in this study […]