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Abstract Number: 326
SHM Converge 2024
Background: The hospitalist role has traditionally been within the hospital setting where a dedicated Rapid Response Team (RRT) and critical care support are available to respond to acute clinical events. While hospitalist involvement in RRT/Codes can vary by institution, the academic hospitalist is infrequently the RRT/Code team leader. As the hospitalist’s scope expands to new […]
Abstract Number: 329
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Our Faculty Development (FD) Program was created to help faculty fulfill professional goals in (and beyond) quality improvement, leadership, education, and clinical skills. Hospital medicine FD may be an effective approach to decrease turnover and improve job retention counter burnout, particularly salient given the unique demands on hospital clinical staff, in a newer specialty […]
Abstract Number: 330
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: There is a growing emphasis on teaching Quality Improvement (QI) to resident physicians and medical students. Successful QI training for residents and students requires faculty role models, teachers and mentors. However, faculty with QI skills and knowledge is lacking at many academic medical centers. Active learning programs to improve faculty capacity for QI have […]
Abstract Number: 332
SHM Converge 2024
Background: The hospitalist position has exploded in recent years to become one of the largest single groups of physicians in medicine, increasing in size by 50% from 2012 to 2018. Many early career hospitalists have limited, if any, dedicated training for the role beyond their internal medicine residencies. Accordingly, new hospitalists may have greatly varying […]
Abstract Number: 339
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Translating academic effort into scholarship and portfolios for institutional awards and promotion is time intensive and can be challenging to incorporate into the daily work of academic hospitalists. Writing accountability groups offer an opportunity to increase scholarly productivity and receive peer support. Purpose: The goal of the VA Hospitalist Writing Accountability Group is to […]
Abstract Number: 347
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a valuable tool in the assessment of acutely ill hospitalized patients. Although hospitalists frequently wish to use POCUS in their clinical practice, many have never received formal training. The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) offers a robust certificate of completion (COC) program in POCUS incorporating online learning modules, in-person courses, […]
Abstract Number: 353
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Successful hospitalist co-management programs address provider knowledge base as well as ongoing faculty skill development and education (1). With a growing liver transplant program, our institution has seen increased patient volume on the hospitalist liver service. Hospitalists and hepatologists co-manage this expanding population of high acuity patients with complex pathologies. In the past year, […]
Abstract Number: 357
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) training for hospitalists is important for direct patient care, supervision of Internal Medicine residents, and collaboration with Emergency Department and ICU providers. Current opportunities for POCUS training employ the I-AIM framework which structures learning objectives around indications, acquisition, image interpretation, and medical decision making. Unfortunately, learning image acquisition remains heavily time […]
Abstract Number: 361
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), when integrated with a physical examination, increases accuracy of diagnosis and decreases procedural complications. Purpose: We developed the Integrated Sonographic Competency at NYU (I-ScaN) to train hospitalists in POCUS. Description: The program begins with an intensive 2-day course consisting of lectures, clip reviews, and hands-on training on humans models covering views […]
Abstract Number: 364
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) are becoming a very prevalent part of academic hospital medicine. From 2016 to 2018, APP utilization in academic hospital medicine groups has increased by 23.6%, with 75.7% of academic HMGs now employing APPs. In our division, APPs have become an integral part of our educational fabric, teaching a wide array […]