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Abstract Number: 67
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) significantly augments physical exam and improves medical management, and many medical schools across the United States are implementing undergraduate POCUS curricula. As a result, internal medicine (IM) residency programs have incoming interns with varying levels of POCUS knowledge and skill. We administered a needs assessment questionnaire to incoming interns […]
Abstract Number: 67
SHM Converge 2023
Background: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) sets strict guidelines governing work hours for internal medicine trainees, not to exceed 80 hours per week. Though many programs grapple with achieving adherence, few published studies report successful changes to meet these limits. Previous efforts at our institution to reduce patient census on the teaching […]
Abstract Number: 70
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Near-peer teaching is an educational relationship among students close in experience that has gained increasing recognition in medical education and has been shown to be as effective as traditional teaching methods. A sub-internship is a clinical rotation where senior medical students perform the role of an intern under housestaff and attending supervision. Many sub-interns […]
Abstract Number: 91
SHM Converge 2024
Background: The US faces a worsening epidemic of substance use-associated morbidity and mortality. In 2021, over 46 million people had a substance use disorder (SUD) and over 109,000 overdose deaths occurred. Furthermore, an estimated 1 in 7 hospital admissions are for patients with SUDs. Stigma is pervasive among these patients’ hospital providers, and SUD management […]
Abstract Number: 98
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Since the “birth” of hospitalist in mid-nineties, it took 20 years to grow from zero to 50,000 physicians in 2016. In the U.S, internal medicine (IM) services are covered by different models, including teaching IM services and non-teaching services. Non-teaching services are attended by hospitalists or outpatient-practicing internists. Methods: We conducted a classical prospective […]
Abstract Number: 114
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Heart failure is expected to increase in prevalence globally.(1) The increased incidence of metabolic disorders coupled with the increase in life expectancy in Singapore has contributed to this trend. Heart failure poses a great burden on patients, caregivers and the healthcare system.Previous European studies have suggested that patients managed by internists differ in baseline […]
Abstract Number: 120
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Acute Medical Assessment Units (AMAU) in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand improve inpatient flow and quality. It is critical to spread such best practices. Qatar, a GCC state (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and UAE) has tremendous recent population growth stressing the healthcare system. Hamad General Hospital (HGH), the main national hospital, […]
Abstract Number: 127
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: The systematization of the teaching and training of internal medicine residents should be done with the standardization of techniques, simulations, use of manikins and theoretical lessons. A procedure team was created in a tertiary teaching hospital at south Brazil with the objective of minimizing risks to the patient at the same time optimizing the […]
Abstract Number: 219
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Fall for hospitalized patients can cause significant injury and have devastating long term consequences for patients with 33% resulting in injury, 4-6% causing serious injury (1). Information is available regarding risk factors for falls and specific patient or nursing centric interventions to prevent falls, but there is little known about the physician perspective in […]
Abstract Number: 223
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Over 50% of practicing physicians in the United States report burnout with internal medicine having some of the highest rates. The aim of our study is to identify factors that contribute to burnout in academic hospitalists and the impact that COVID-19 has had on this phenomenon. Methods: 19 academic hospitalists at Froedtert Hospital & […]