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Abstract Number: 53
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Attending evaluations by medical students have many implications including promotion, teaching opportunities, job satisfaction and reputation both for individuals and for groups. In addition to teaching on traditional ward teams with housestaff and students, hospitalists are more commonly teaching in an apprenticeship model, where an attending, often carrying a full census, directly supervises and […]
Abstract Number: 80
SHM Converge 2021
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare and put enormous stress upon front-line healthcare workers. Physician trainees may be more vulnerable to poor mental health outcomes, including burnout and distress. The objective of this study was to compare mental health indices of attending physicians versus trainees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A voluntary survey was […]
Abstract Number: 163
SHM Converge 2021
Background: The nature of the Advanced Practice Provider (APP) and attending physician (MD) relationship is that of trust, mutual respect, and delegation. In U.S. territories where MD supervision or oversight of APP practice is required by law, MDs are left to trust and delegate patient care tasks and authority to their collaborating APPs while sharing […]
Abstract Number: 259
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Repetitive morning laboratory orders are a well-known contributor to healthcare cost. Initial data collected in a related project on high-value care showed that 35% of our Internal Medicine residents identified “fear of attendings” as a reason to order morning labs on the inpatient Medicine service. This observation led us to design a project on […]
Abstract Number: 283
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Interdisciplinary rounds are an important part of care coordination on medical units and on teaching units they usually are resident-led. After restructuring interdisciplinary rounds in our institution, we began including attending physicians, with the goal to improve care coordination, discharge planning and team communication. Methods: The intervention was conducted on a 35-bed medical teaching […]
Abstract Number: 345
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Unnecessary laboratory orders are a well-known contributor to healthcare cost. Our residents identified “fear of attending” as a barrier to more mindful lab ordering. This project focused on educating attending physicians on high-value care and promoting resident-attending discussions. Purpose: Data was collected via anonymous pre and post-intervention survey (designed by the study team). Participants […]