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Plenary Presentations
Abstract Number: 3
SHM Converge 2024
Background: New hospitalists can often feel overwhelmed by learning system practices, navigating difficult dispositions, and managing difficult patient and family relationships. This can lead to increased length of stay1, increased burn out, and a feeling of lack of mentorship. Purpose: We hypothesized that weekly meetings between a hospitalist director and a junior faculty hospitalist to […]
Plenary Presentations
Abstract Number: Plenary
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Across the field of Hospital Medicine, there is a “call to arms” to build robust faculty development programs(1). Medical education and clinical teaching are common career interests for early career hospitalists (ECH), defined as hospitalists ≤5 years since postgraduate training. ECH often pursue academic positions to explore an interest in medical education, but find […]
Oral Presentations
Abstract Number: Oral
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Large hospital medicine groups of 30 or more physicians comprise over 20% of practices (SHM 2018). Our academic hospital medicine service is comprised of 65 faculty members. We recognized a need for multiple levels of leadership beyond the immediate chief and director of clinical operations. Our team, like most hospital medicine groups, is comprised […]
Plenary Presentations
Abstract Number: 3
SHM Converge 2024
Background: New hospitalists can often feel overwhelmed by learning system practices, navigating difficult dispositions, and managing difficult patient and family relationships. This can lead to increased length of stay1, increased burn out, and a feeling of lack of mentorship. Purpose: We hypothesized that weekly meetings between a hospitalist director and a junior faculty hospitalist to […]
Abstract Number: 12
SHM Converge 2021
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 […]
Abstract Number: 25
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Simulation-based procedural training has been shown to improve provider competency and confidence in number of medical specialties, including hospital medicine. To the present, simulation training has largely focused on medical students and residents. Attending hospitalists are a prime target for simulation-based procedural training. Despite recent studies showing patient safety and cost-effectiveness of procedures performed […]
Abstract Number: 32
SHM Converge 2023
Background: There are few hospitalist-specific training supports for writing clinical vignettes and case reports. This can limit participation in academic scholarship and opportunities to share informative cases encountered in everyday practice. Efforts to build hospitalists’ scholarly writing capacity—particularly for junior faculty—must effectively counter modifiable barriers including perceived lack of knowledge and ability. Purpose: Our Division […]
Abstract Number: 36
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Teaching Hospitalists provide a large proportion of clinical medical education for Internal Medicine Residents with varying levels of training and success. We sought to identify common habits of highly rated teaching hospitalists in preparation of faculty development. Methods: We surveyed high performing daytime teaching hospitalists at 3 teaching sites across 2 health systems. Paper […]
Abstract Number: 39
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Early career faculty often face challenges in setting personal and professional expectations, identifying effective mentorship, and quickly learning foundational skills in academic hospital medicine. We developed a “Faculty Boot Camp” to better orient new faculty at the beginning of the academic year with the goal of introducing them to key skills and concepts that […]
Abstract Number: 43
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Today, Medicare patients account for approximately 50% of hospital days. Hospitalists are a key strategy for providing care to hospitalized older adults, however, most of these hospitalists have not received geriatric training. Faculty development is an important component to the success of a hospitalist program. We developed a geriatric-focused lecture series to improve the […]