Background: EHR time motion studies have shown a significant time burden and concern that bedside manner, physical exam skills and physician wellness are at risk. However, nearly all studies to date have only focused on practicing physicians and residency training programs. Nearly all U.S. based medical schools allow medical student access, thus EHR exposure actually […]

Background: Social and environmental factors negatively affect the healthcare of low-income, vulnerable populations. Such determinants of health are often manifested as unmet basic needs that may be remedied through legal mediation, most commonly regarding housing, income, utilities, employment, education, nutrition and family issues. Medical Legal Partnerships (MLPs) provide an interdisciplinary, comprehensive approach to healthcare, utilizing […]

Background: Hospital‐acquired venous thromboembolism (HA‐VTE) is a morbid, often fatal, and — in cases of pulmonary embolism (PE) or lower‐extremity deep venous thrombosis (LE DVT) — pharmacologically potentially preventable condition. Because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services now mandates use of a “present‐on‐admission” flag for all codes, discharge data from a range of hospitals […]

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 […]

Case Presentation: A 21‐year‐old healthy woman presented with headache, vomiting, and difficulty following commands. She had no fever, rash, head injury, or recent illness. She has mild seasonal allergies. She worked outdoors as a summer camp counselor. She was afebrile and her other vital signs were normal. She appeared restless and distressed, opened her eyes […]

Background: Interprofessionalism is an increasingly important part of hospitalist clinical practice, allowing providers to maximize the breadth of care provided to patients. As a result, teaching Interprofessional (IP) skills has become an integral part of Undergraduate Medical Education (UME), as guided by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice . At […]