Meeting
Abstract Number: 218
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Preventable hospital readmissions are a common problem for medical centers in the United States. Recent studies have focused on what patients perceive as causes for their return to the hospital. One factor driving readmissions is patients’ difficulty anticipating what to expect after they leave the hospital despite discharge instructions, especially anticipating and surmounting challenges […]
Abstract Number: 243
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Resistance in learning (RIL) defines a set of attitudes or behaviors demonstrated by learners in an educational setting that result in decreased learning. Literature describes the etiology as multifactorial, including learning environment, characteristics of the learner, and teaching style. Hospitalists often use quality improvement methodology, such as PDSA cycles to improve the clinical care […]