Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a powerful bedside tool utilized by hospitalists to care for patients, with wide-ranging applications including aiding clinical diagnosis, monitoring response to therapy, and guiding performance of invasive procedures.1-4 Despite its published benefits, POCUS adoption by hospitalists has lagged behind other specialties, in part due to inconsistent training experiences across internal [...]

Background: Hospitalists’ engagement in scholarship (e.g., research, education) mitigates burnout, yet academic advancement and productivity among hospitalists lags behind other specialties. Gender inequities are well-documented across academic medicine, as evidenced by delayed career progression, lower scholarly productivity, and pay gaps. We aimed to characterize hospitalist interest, barriers, and facilitators to engage in academic activities. Results [...]

Background: Accurate, timely admission medication reconciliation (AMR) is a key patient-safety driver. Clinician-performed AMR has higher error rates compared to pharmacy-performed AMR. At our large, tertiary care institution, pharmacists capture only 75% of AMRs and require up to 48h for completion. Delays and errors in clinician-performed AMR on medicine floors have led to patient safety [...]

Background: Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is a growing field with an evidence-base across most clinical specialties. National surveys have shown student, resident, and fellowship training opportunities are increasing, but report lack of experience faculty as the primary barrier to POCUS use. The most effective faculty training programs include longitudinal training and mentorship. Unfortunately, few [...]

Background: Many hospitalists at academic institutions are eager to grow as effective clinical educators but face barriers that limit their development opportunities. With limited time on teaching wards, hospitalists have fewer chances to engage in “learning by doing” in their roles as educators. Many who enter these positions straight after residency are expected to serve [...]

Background: Faculty development (FD) programs increase faculty engagement, retention, work satisfaction, and collective success, but many hospitalist groups struggle with implementing FD programs due to limited time, lack of support for faculty participation, and curricula that often do not align with faculty priorities. A recent qualitative study exploring FD from 17 academic hospital medicine programs [...]