Meeting
Abstract Number: 44
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Code blue situations, being uncommon yet stressful, require excellent team communication; they can pose challenges for deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) clinicians, trainees, and interpreters, though DHH providers are a growing source of language-concordant care for DHH people, an underserved population. No known training specifically addresses such challenges. As educators and mentors, we […]
Abstract Number: 138
SHM Converge 2021
Background: In current times, physicians are working to older ages, lending experience and knowledge that benefits both patient care and education. Recent findings demonstrate advanced age as a risk factor for severe morbidity and mortality from serious acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (COVID-19), placing older physicians at high-risk during the current pandemic. Pediatric hospitalists frequently care for […]
Abstract Number: 346
SHM Converge 2023
Background: In 2019, for the first time, greater than 50% of medical school graduates in the United States are female. With changing demographics of physicians, establishing and advertising appropriate support for providers throughout pregnancy and lactation is critical. Pregnancy and lactation support has been directly linked to recruiting women early in their careers as well […]
Abstract Number: 359
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Islam is the second-largest religious tradition in the world, with approximately 3.45 million members in the United States. New York State has the third largest Muslim population and recent data estimates 20,000 to 25,000 Muslims reside in the greater Rochester area. During the month of Ramadan, all Muslims who are physically capable are obligated […]