Meeting
Abstract Number: 71
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Academic medical centers (AMCs) have experienced significant clinical growth and have responded to the increase clinical demand by growing the number of hospital medicine services.[1,2] While this unprecedented growth has occurred, it has often outpaced the growth of housestaff training programs which has led to academic hospitalist teams evolving their clinical and educational models […]
Abstract Number: 181
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Thrombophilia testing is frequently ordered in the inpatient setting. However, testing is costly and can be misleading in the setting of acute thromboembolism or concurrent anticoagulation use. Furthermore, hereditary thrombophilias do not predict a clinically significant increase in VTE recurrence. Methods: We conducted an educational intervention with a randomized cross-over design for Internal Medicine […]
Abstract Number: 373
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: The ability to recognize a patient requiring urgent or emergent care and initiate evaluation and management is one of the core Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA 10). Interns are also expected to work as part of an interprofessional team (EPA 9). The exposure to common, urgent internal medicine (IM) scenarios is inconsistent throughout the IM […]
Abstract Number: 423
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Hospital discharge is a vulnerable time: patients are at risk for readmission, adverse events, and death. Activated patients–those with the knowledge, confidence, and skills to engage in activities that promote self-management–are more likely to execute a safe discharge plan and less likely to be readmitted. Educational videos focused on self-management may increase patient activation […]