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: 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 [...]