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Abstract Number: 23
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) improves physicians’ clinical decision-making through refining the skills of asking a clinical question, searching for and appraising the literature and then properly applying it to patient care. While EBM has been implemented as an essential module across medical schools worldwide, most graduates are not well versed in the fundamentals of effectively […]
Abstract Number: 61
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Ethics is at the core of a physician’s professional identity. As internists, we are constantly grappling with medical and moral uncertainty. While ethical action is an integral component of professionalism, most residency programs offer little formal training to systematically explore the ethical dimensions of our work. Medical ethics education can promote moral development and […]
Abstract Number: F1
SHM Converge 2022
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has placed additional stress on the healthcare system. Not only do we face large volumes of high acuity patients, but also acute shortages of healthcare providers. Physician shortages were particularly pressing to our institution. COVID-19 patients were cohorted to our Hospital Medicine (MHS) service to minimize exposure and risks to house […]
Abstract Number: N6
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Academic hospitalist faculty often feel poorly equipped to meet the variety of teaching and scholarship expectations placed on them. This can contribute to job dissatisfaction and burnout. There is a dearth of faculty development programs for hospital medicine faculty to meet this need. We developed, implemented, and evaluated a faculty development workshop series for […]
Abstract Number: P4
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Hospitalists routinely precept third year medical students on general internal medicine wards. One of the key patient care tasks for students is to present and interpret common laboratory test abnormalities. Formal training in interpreting routine diagnostic tests is lacking for students transitioning from preclinical to clinical years. We designed and implemented a module on […]
Abstract Number: 358
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is increasingly being used across medical specialties, improving diagnostic accuracy in numerous medical presentations and levels of acuity. Training in these skills is currently offered through major societies, but graduate medical POCUS training in internal medicine and family medicine is not common in US residencies. Therefore, we designed a two-week inpatient […]
Abstract Number: 420
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: UChicago Medicine (UCM) Office of Operational Excellence (OE) uses an institutional Leadership model called “Engage, Evolve, Excel” (E3L) to improve care delivery with lean, six sigma, and patient centered values. The E3L model focuses on the four domains of value creation, patient-centered care, respect for people, and continuous improvement. A hallmark feature of E3L […]
Abstract Number: 441
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: POCUS is increasingly being used across medical specialties, and adds value to diagnostic accuracy for numerous pathologies and levels of acuity. Emergency Medicine providers were early adapters, providing examples of how POCUS increases patient satisfaction and diagnostic clarity (1, 2). Internal Medicine and Family Medicine have been slower to adopt this technology; however, general […]
Abstract Number: 1214
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: The ACGME instituted duty hour restrictions in 2003, leading to re-organization and re-structuring of resident schedules and educational opportunities. In response to these regulations, many programs, including our institution, initiated night float rotations. After noting decreased resident attendance at didactic sessions due to this model, our institution implemented various interventions to offer educational opportunities […]