Background: In 2013, the American Academy of Pediatrics’ position statement, “Guiding Principles for Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) Programs,” emphasized the importance of professional development for each PHM physician. However, little is published about PHM physicians’ perspectives on professional development. The objectives of this study were to explore pediatric hospitalists’ perceptions of professional development needs, desired [...]

Background: Despite a rapid increase in academic hospitalists, faculty development in academic hospital medicine remains an ongoing challenge. We aim to describe scholarly output and demographics in relation to academic rank distribution and to identify factors associated with academic promotion of a national sample of academic hospital medicine programs. Methods: We extracted demographic and academic [...]

Background: Mentorship can help accelerate career advancement and professional development for pediatric hospitalists; thus, many Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) divisions are creating formal mentorship programs. However, it is not currently known how many PHM divisions have mentorship programs or what aspects of mentorship are needed for hospitalists. Our study aimed to understand the current landscape [...]

Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) training is rapidly expanding across all levels of internal medical education (1), but lack of trained faculty has been a persistent barrier to program expansion (2,3). POCUS faculty development is a complicated endeavor that must take into account mastery of a complex psychomotor skill-set, integration within existing practice habits, and adherence [...]

Background: Pediatric hospital medicine (PHM) is the newest and fastest growing specialty within pediatrics, but job dissatisfaction and loss of purpose can influence job performance and retention. Defining a career focus, such as expert clinician, medical education, quality and safety, or administrative leadership, has been noted to improve job satisfaction for hospitalists, however there are [...]

Background: A designated ‘nocturnist’ position is a relatively new but rapidly growing, valuable addition to academic centers. However, institutions find it difficult to attract and retain nocturnists. Among the solutions proposed, one that benefits both the nocturnist and the institution is scholarly activity. (1) This is particularly important in the academic setting where scholarly work [...]

Background: The charge of the Society of Hospital Medicine’s (SHM) Physicians in Training (PIT) Committee is to enhance medical student and resident engagement in the practice of hospital medicine and to prepare trainees and early-career hospitalists for key transitions in their hospital medicine careers. The SHM Resident and Student Special Interest Group (SIG) aims to [...]

Background: Throughout medical training future hospitalists have many opportunities to observe the teaching techniques of a variety of clinical instructors to inform the development of their own teaching skills. In contrast, after starting a career as an academic hospitalist there are few chances for ongoing observation of clinical teachers to refine their practice. Peer rounding [...]

Background: Clinical excellence is the mainstay of faculty development and advancement in academic hospital medicine groups (HMGs). Attaining clinical excellence relies heavily on feedback of current clinician skills. However, following completion of medical training, physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs) experience a gap in relevant and real-time feedback. A paucity of literature exists in academic [...]

Background: In 2013, the American Academy of Pediatrics’ position statement, “Guiding Principles for Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) Programs,” emphasized the importance of professional development for each PHM physician. However, little is published about PHM physicians’ perspectives on professional development. The objectives of this study were to explore pediatric hospitalists’ perceptions of professional development needs, desired [...]