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Abstract Number: 72
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Medical students report that approximately 1/3 of their medical education is provided by residents. As a moderate sized community-based hospital, we conducted a needs assessment about our residents’ attitudes and comfort with teaching medical students, which identified residents did not feel prepared to teach medical students nor feel confident in creating teaching talks, and […]
Abstract Number: 75
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Residents in Internal Medicine have traditionally taken electives that prepare or position them well for fellowships. Another purpose of elective time during residency is to expose the learner to career opportunities. As Hospital Medicine grows as a specialty, more training programs are offering electives for residents in this field. However, most elective descriptions that […]
Abstract Number: E4
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Acknowledging that a successful career in hospital medicine (HM) may require specialized skills, residency programs have developed hospital medicine-focused education (HMFE) programs. Surveys of internal medicine residency leaders have described HMFE curricula but are limited to that specialty and lack input from early career hospitalists (ECHs) who recently completed this training. Therefore, we surveyed […]
Abstract Number: 195
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Each year 45 million procedures are performed in the United States. For elective procedures, the preoperative evaluation is an opportunity to identify and manage risk factors that may contribute to post -operative morbidity and mortality. Increasingly thispre-operative visit has come under the purview of hospital medicine. While studies have demonstrated that pre-operative evaluations reduce […]
Abstract Number: 294
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Hospital Medicine is a rapidly growing specialty and a higher percentage of patients are under the care of hospitalists across the country. Like other internal medicine subspecialties, an increasing number of residents have expressed interest in a career in hospital medicine and have requested an elective in the field. In prior years our Hospitalist […]
Abstract Number: 328
SHM Converge 2023
Background: As the landscape of health care access and delivery has changed over the past 10 years, areas of coding, documentation, denials management, appeals, and reimbursement have become more confusing to navigate for most physicians delivering direct patient care. The physician advisor is an experienced physician who understands the rules and regulatory issues involving patient […]
Abstract Number: 549
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 8-week pregnant G5P1041 24-year-old African American female with no past medical history presented with acute onset left-sided weakness, slurred speech, and paresthesia. Her symptoms started a day after taking one dose of misoprostol as morning-after pill. She used misoprostol multiple times previously with neither neurological nor cardiovascular symptoms. On physical examination, her […]
Abstract Number: 570
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 38-year-old man presented with 8 days of intermittent colicky RUQ pain and jaundice. He denied any OTC or illicit drug use but did report daily alcohol use. On admission HAV, HBV, HCV, and HIV 1 & 2 screening, urine drug screen, and autoimmune workup were negative. Ceruloplasmin, serum copper, serum […]
Abstract Number: 870
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old woman with generalized anxiety disorder presents with 1 day of altered mental status. She had been taking duloxetine and fluoxetine chronically; however, fluoxetine was abruptly stopped for several weeks and then restarted at an increased dose 1 week prior to presentation. On the day of presentation, she exercised rigorously, drank 2 […]
Abstract Number: C20
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a growing interest in pediatric hospital medicine, however few Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) fellowships incorporate POCUS training formally into their curriculum. In addition to its ability to expedite care, POCUS can improve the ability of pediatric hospitalists to take care of patients in resource-limited settings or when specialists are not […]