Brendon Shank

Whether you excel in the hospital room, the conference room, or the classroom, SHM’s quality improvement initiatives offer new tools featuring expertise from leaders in healthcare:

• Project BOOST: SHM is moving Project BOOST from an annual registration model to a rolling program, enabling hospitalists to get involved at any time of the year. As hospitals get serious about reducing readmissions and improving discharge processes, Project BOOST is a great way for hospitalists to take charge.
• Pain management and glycemic control programs: Almost every hospitalist encounters patients dealing with pain or glycemic control issues. In March, new toolkits will be available that help hospitalists lead efforts to improve the care of these patients.
• Post-Acute Care Toolbox: Managing the transition from an acute care hospital to an inpatient rehabilitation facility, long-term acute care hospital, or skilled nursing facility can be difficult. SHM’s new Post-Acute Care Toolbox enables hospitalists to go forth with confidence.

To download and share SHM’s quality improvement tools, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/qi.

Whether you excel in the hospital room, the conference room, or the classroom, SHM’s quality improvement initiatives offer new tools featuring expertise from leaders in healthcare:

• Project BOOST: SHM is moving Project BOOST from an annual registration model to a rolling program, enabling hospitalists to get involved at any time of the year. As hospitals get serious about reducing readmissions and improving discharge processes, Project BOOST is a great way for hospitalists to take charge.
• Pain management and glycemic control programs: Almost every hospitalist encounters patients dealing with pain or glycemic control issues. In March, new toolkits will be available that help hospitalists lead efforts to improve the care of these patients.
• Post-Acute Care Toolbox: Managing the transition from an acute care hospital to an inpatient rehabilitation facility, long-term acute care hospital, or skilled nursing facility can be difficult. SHM’s new Post-Acute Care Toolbox enables hospitalists to go forth with confidence.

To download and share SHM’s quality improvement tools, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/qi.

Whether you excel in the hospital room, the conference room, or the classroom, SHM’s quality improvement initiatives offer new tools featuring expertise from leaders in healthcare:

• Project BOOST: SHM is moving Project BOOST from an annual registration model to a rolling program, enabling hospitalists to get involved at any time of the year. As hospitals get serious about reducing readmissions and improving discharge processes, Project BOOST is a great way for hospitalists to take charge.
• Pain management and glycemic control programs: Almost every hospitalist encounters patients dealing with pain or glycemic control issues. In March, new toolkits will be available that help hospitalists lead efforts to improve the care of these patients.
• Post-Acute Care Toolbox: Managing the transition from an acute care hospital to an inpatient rehabilitation facility, long-term acute care hospital, or skilled nursing facility can be difficult. SHM’s new Post-Acute Care Toolbox enables hospitalists to go forth with confidence.

To download and share SHM’s quality improvement tools, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/qi.

Hospitalists are a mobile bunch. Many were early adopters of smartphones and tablet technology. That’s why SHM is once again offering an interactive conference experience at its annual meeting. “HM15 at Hand,” the conference app for HM15, offers an interactive agenda, presentation materials, exhibitor information, maps, and more.

Be among the first to know when and where to access HM15 At Hand. Visit hm15athand to receive an email alert when the app launches on Feb. 26.

Hospitalists are a mobile bunch. Many were early adopters of smartphones and tablet technology. That’s why SHM is once again offering an interactive conference experience at its annual meeting. “HM15 at Hand,” the conference app for HM15, offers an interactive agenda, presentation materials, exhibitor information, maps, and more.

Be among the first to know when and where to access HM15 At Hand. Visit hm15athand to receive an email alert when the app launches on Feb. 26.

Hospitalists are a mobile bunch. Many were early adopters of smartphones and tablet technology. That’s why SHM is once again offering an interactive conference experience at its annual meeting. “HM15 at Hand,” the conference app for HM15, offers an interactive agenda, presentation materials, exhibitor information, maps, and more.

Be among the first to know when and where to access HM15 At Hand. Visit hm15athand to receive an email alert when the app launches on Feb. 26.

• SHM Learning Portal: Members can sharpen their skills and earn CME from the comfort of their own homes, using devices of their choosing to access SHM’s CME-accredited Learning Portal for a variety of systems and conditions that hospitalists deal with every day.
• Educating on quality: Focusing on teaching quality improvement in 2015? There is still time to register for SHM’s Quality and Safety Educators Academy in May. At QSEA, hospitalist educators will learn the leading tools and techniques for empowering the next generation of hospitalists to make care delivery better.
• Coding: There’s no such thing as the perfect approach to coding, but CODE-H, SHM’s online educational tool for optimizing coding, is a great way to get your hospitalists trained on the best approaches, gleaned from the experts in the field. The first webinars begin this month.
• Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine: Plan now to take the Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine exam this year. Later this month, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) will issue online applications for its Fall 2015 program.
• Leadership Academy: In 2014, SHM’s Leadership Academy was booked to capacity, so now is the time to enroll for 2015. Leadership Academy provides hospitalists with all the leadership, management, and financial skills skipped in medical school.

• SHM Learning Portal: Members can sharpen their skills and earn CME from the comfort of their own homes, using devices of their choosing to access SHM’s CME-accredited Learning Portal for a variety of systems and conditions that hospitalists deal with every day.
• Educating on quality: Focusing on teaching quality improvement in 2015? There is still time to register for SHM’s Quality and Safety Educators Academy in May. At QSEA, hospitalist educators will learn the leading tools and techniques for empowering the next generation of hospitalists to make care delivery better.
• Coding: There’s no such thing as the perfect approach to coding, but CODE-H, SHM’s online educational tool for optimizing coding, is a great way to get your hospitalists trained on the best approaches, gleaned from the experts in the field. The first webinars begin this month.
• Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine: Plan now to take the Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine exam this year. Later this month, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) will issue online applications for its Fall 2015 program.
• Leadership Academy: In 2014, SHM’s Leadership Academy was booked to capacity, so now is the time to enroll for 2015. Leadership Academy provides hospitalists with all the leadership, management, and financial skills skipped in medical school.

• SHM Learning Portal: Members can sharpen their skills and earn CME from the comfort of their own homes, using devices of their choosing to access SHM’s CME-accredited Learning Portal for a variety of systems and conditions that hospitalists deal with every day.
• Educating on quality: Focusing on teaching quality improvement in 2015? There is still time to register for SHM’s Quality and Safety Educators Academy in May. At QSEA, hospitalist educators will learn the leading tools and techniques for empowering the next generation of hospitalists to make care delivery better.
• Coding: There’s no such thing as the perfect approach to coding, but CODE-H, SHM’s online educational tool for optimizing coding, is a great way to get your hospitalists trained on the best approaches, gleaned from the experts in the field. The first webinars begin this month.
• Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine: Plan now to take the Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine exam this year. Later this month, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) will issue online applications for its Fall 2015 program.
• Leadership Academy: In 2014, SHM’s Leadership Academy was booked to capacity, so now is the time to enroll for 2015. Leadership Academy provides hospitalists with all the leadership, management, and financial skills skipped in medical school.

“Super Bowl” of hospital medicine is less than three months away

If you haven’t registered for the largest event in the hospital medicine movement, now is the time. You can still take advantage of the early registration discount through Feb. 2. And pre-courses, many of which fill up ahead of time, are still available.

For hospitalists nationwide, HM15 is an unprecedented time to learn new clinical updates, network with colleagues, and hear from the leaders in healthcare. This year’s event takes place March 29 through April 1 at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in National Harbor, Md., just minutes from Washington, D.C.

This year’s featured speakers represent the nation’s most forward-thinking leaders in providing the best possible care to hospitalized patients:

• Maureen Bisognano is president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), an independent, not-for-profit organization helping to lead the improvement of healthcare throughout the world. Join her for her featured address on “Leading Transformational Change.”

• Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM, is a world-renowned patient safety champion and a practicing critical care physician. His scientific work in leveraging checklists to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections has saved thousands of lives and earned him high-profile accolades, including being named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine and receiving a coveted MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” in 2008. He is senior vice president for patient safety and quality and director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Join him for his keynote address, “Taking Quality to the Next Level.”

• Robert M. Wachter, MD, MHM, national thought leader in healthcare quality improvement, will be addressing HM15 attendees, in his always-entertaining style, on how the computerization of medicine will transform your life or your practice. Join him for his closing address, “The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age.”

The benefits of attending HM15 don’t end with the final session, either. This year, SHM is offering a free, one-year membership for new members registering for HM15.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.

“Super Bowl” of hospital medicine is less than three months away

If you haven’t registered for the largest event in the hospital medicine movement, now is the time. You can still take advantage of the early registration discount through Feb. 2. And pre-courses, many of which fill up ahead of time, are still available.

For hospitalists nationwide, HM15 is an unprecedented time to learn new clinical updates, network with colleagues, and hear from the leaders in healthcare. This year’s event takes place March 29 through April 1 at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in National Harbor, Md., just minutes from Washington, D.C.

This year’s featured speakers represent the nation’s most forward-thinking leaders in providing the best possible care to hospitalized patients:

• Maureen Bisognano is president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), an independent, not-for-profit organization helping to lead the improvement of healthcare throughout the world. Join her for her featured address on “Leading Transformational Change.”

• Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM, is a world-renowned patient safety champion and a practicing critical care physician. His scientific work in leveraging checklists to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections has saved thousands of lives and earned him high-profile accolades, including being named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine and receiving a coveted MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” in 2008. He is senior vice president for patient safety and quality and director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Join him for his keynote address, “Taking Quality to the Next Level.”

• Robert M. Wachter, MD, MHM, national thought leader in healthcare quality improvement, will be addressing HM15 attendees, in his always-entertaining style, on how the computerization of medicine will transform your life or your practice. Join him for his closing address, “The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age.”

The benefits of attending HM15 don’t end with the final session, either. This year, SHM is offering a free, one-year membership for new members registering for HM15.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.

“Super Bowl” of hospital medicine is less than three months away

If you haven’t registered for the largest event in the hospital medicine movement, now is the time. You can still take advantage of the early registration discount through Feb. 2. And pre-courses, many of which fill up ahead of time, are still available.

For hospitalists nationwide, HM15 is an unprecedented time to learn new clinical updates, network with colleagues, and hear from the leaders in healthcare. This year’s event takes place March 29 through April 1 at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in National Harbor, Md., just minutes from Washington, D.C.

This year’s featured speakers represent the nation’s most forward-thinking leaders in providing the best possible care to hospitalized patients:

• Maureen Bisognano is president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), an independent, not-for-profit organization helping to lead the improvement of healthcare throughout the world. Join her for her featured address on “Leading Transformational Change.”

• Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM, is a world-renowned patient safety champion and a practicing critical care physician. His scientific work in leveraging checklists to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections has saved thousands of lives and earned him high-profile accolades, including being named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine and receiving a coveted MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” in 2008. He is senior vice president for patient safety and quality and director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Join him for his keynote address, “Taking Quality to the Next Level.”

• Robert M. Wachter, MD, MHM, national thought leader in healthcare quality improvement, will be addressing HM15 attendees, in his always-entertaining style, on how the computerization of medicine will transform your life or your practice. Join him for his closing address, “The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age.”

The benefits of attending HM15 don’t end with the final session, either. This year, SHM is offering a free, one-year membership for new members registering for HM15.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.

Now is the time to register, make travel arrangements, and book hotel rooms before the rush. Starting early means saving money: The deadline for early online registration—$100 savings—is February 2, 2015. Plus, hospitalists staying at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, the official headquarters hotel for HM15, can save another $100 off their registration fees.

HM15 is the perfect time to join the hospital medicine movement. Nonmembers who register for HM15 will receive free SHM membership for one year.

HM15 course director Efrén Manjarrez, MD, says that HM15 will bring many new angles and topics for conference veterans and will attract other members of the “big tent” of hospital medicine.

“For the first time, the American Academy of Family Physicians is endorsing the meeting, so we are excited to welcome even more family physicians to the meeting, many of whom might not have considered coming to an SHM meeting in the past,” he says.

For long-time meeting attendees, Dr. Manjarrez suggests taking a look at the new content for maintenance of certification (MOC) and patient experience. He is equally interested in welcoming residents and medical students to the meeting.

“We are meeting [past president] Eric Howell’s mission to increase the pipeline of future hospitalists,” Dr. Manjarrez says. “I’m personally challenging every single academic hospitalist to bring at least one medical student or resident with them to HM15.”

A First Step

As part of an effort to include even more medical school students and residents in the HM movement, SHM has created the first “young hospitalist” educational track. Designed for med students, residents, and even hospitalists freshly out of residency, the six courses in the “young hospitalist” track cover many of the topics never touched in med school or resident training, such as how to write a CV and how to create a meaningful relationship with a resident.

“The track will bring faculty and young hospitalists together to learn about and discuss topics that are critical in this part of a hospitalist’s career,” says Darlene Tad-y, MD, chair of SHM’s Physicians in Training Committee. “Attendees can expect a great deal of hands-on interaction with the faculty and advice on getting their hospitalist career off to a running start.”

Students and residents will have new opportunities for visibility and networking at HM15. SHM has created a Trainee Award category within its awards program and a career fair during the popular poster session to help introduce new hospitalists to staffing companies and recruiters. Students and residents will have a chance to meet the leaders of the specialty face to face during the luncheon and forum organized specifically for them.

Let Your Voice Be Heard in Congress

With hospitalists testifying before Congress on important patient care issues and rising to the highest levels of CMS, the voice of the hospitalist has never been more important in Washington, D.C. And you can add your voice to the movement.

On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, SHM will bring dozens of hospitalists to the halls of Capitol Hill to talk with legislators and staffers about patient and policy issues, including observation status, quality improvement, accountable care organizations (ACOs), and the impact of the Affordable Care Act on hospitalized patients. At “Hospitalists on the Hill,” hospitalists will talk face to face with policymakers and provide the kind of personal and professional perspective that they need to make decisions that affect millions of hospitalized patients every year.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.

Now is the time to register, make travel arrangements, and book hotel rooms before the rush. Starting early means saving money: The deadline for early online registration—$100 savings—is February 2, 2015. Plus, hospitalists staying at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, the official headquarters hotel for HM15, can save another $100 off their registration fees.

HM15 is the perfect time to join the hospital medicine movement. Nonmembers who register for HM15 will receive free SHM membership for one year.

HM15 course director Efrén Manjarrez, MD, says that HM15 will bring many new angles and topics for conference veterans and will attract other members of the “big tent” of hospital medicine.

“For the first time, the American Academy of Family Physicians is endorsing the meeting, so we are excited to welcome even more family physicians to the meeting, many of whom might not have considered coming to an SHM meeting in the past,” he says.

For long-time meeting attendees, Dr. Manjarrez suggests taking a look at the new content for maintenance of certification (MOC) and patient experience. He is equally interested in welcoming residents and medical students to the meeting.

“We are meeting [past president] Eric Howell’s mission to increase the pipeline of future hospitalists,” Dr. Manjarrez says. “I’m personally challenging every single academic hospitalist to bring at least one medical student or resident with them to HM15.”

A First Step

As part of an effort to include even more medical school students and residents in the HM movement, SHM has created the first “young hospitalist” educational track. Designed for med students, residents, and even hospitalists freshly out of residency, the six courses in the “young hospitalist” track cover many of the topics never touched in med school or resident training, such as how to write a CV and how to create a meaningful relationship with a resident.

“The track will bring faculty and young hospitalists together to learn about and discuss topics that are critical in this part of a hospitalist’s career,” says Darlene Tad-y, MD, chair of SHM’s Physicians in Training Committee. “Attendees can expect a great deal of hands-on interaction with the faculty and advice on getting their hospitalist career off to a running start.”

Students and residents will have new opportunities for visibility and networking at HM15. SHM has created a Trainee Award category within its awards program and a career fair during the popular poster session to help introduce new hospitalists to staffing companies and recruiters. Students and residents will have a chance to meet the leaders of the specialty face to face during the luncheon and forum organized specifically for them.

Let Your Voice Be Heard in Congress

With hospitalists testifying before Congress on important patient care issues and rising to the highest levels of CMS, the voice of the hospitalist has never been more important in Washington, D.C. And you can add your voice to the movement.

On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, SHM will bring dozens of hospitalists to the halls of Capitol Hill to talk with legislators and staffers about patient and policy issues, including observation status, quality improvement, accountable care organizations (ACOs), and the impact of the Affordable Care Act on hospitalized patients. At “Hospitalists on the Hill,” hospitalists will talk face to face with policymakers and provide the kind of personal and professional perspective that they need to make decisions that affect millions of hospitalized patients every year.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.

Now is the time to register, make travel arrangements, and book hotel rooms before the rush. Starting early means saving money: The deadline for early online registration—$100 savings—is February 2, 2015. Plus, hospitalists staying at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, the official headquarters hotel for HM15, can save another $100 off their registration fees.

HM15 is the perfect time to join the hospital medicine movement. Nonmembers who register for HM15 will receive free SHM membership for one year.

HM15 course director Efrén Manjarrez, MD, says that HM15 will bring many new angles and topics for conference veterans and will attract other members of the “big tent” of hospital medicine.

“For the first time, the American Academy of Family Physicians is endorsing the meeting, so we are excited to welcome even more family physicians to the meeting, many of whom might not have considered coming to an SHM meeting in the past,” he says.

For long-time meeting attendees, Dr. Manjarrez suggests taking a look at the new content for maintenance of certification (MOC) and patient experience. He is equally interested in welcoming residents and medical students to the meeting.

“We are meeting [past president] Eric Howell’s mission to increase the pipeline of future hospitalists,” Dr. Manjarrez says. “I’m personally challenging every single academic hospitalist to bring at least one medical student or resident with them to HM15.”

A First Step

As part of an effort to include even more medical school students and residents in the HM movement, SHM has created the first “young hospitalist” educational track. Designed for med students, residents, and even hospitalists freshly out of residency, the six courses in the “young hospitalist” track cover many of the topics never touched in med school or resident training, such as how to write a CV and how to create a meaningful relationship with a resident.

“The track will bring faculty and young hospitalists together to learn about and discuss topics that are critical in this part of a hospitalist’s career,” says Darlene Tad-y, MD, chair of SHM’s Physicians in Training Committee. “Attendees can expect a great deal of hands-on interaction with the faculty and advice on getting their hospitalist career off to a running start.”

Students and residents will have new opportunities for visibility and networking at HM15. SHM has created a Trainee Award category within its awards program and a career fair during the popular poster session to help introduce new hospitalists to staffing companies and recruiters. Students and residents will have a chance to meet the leaders of the specialty face to face during the luncheon and forum organized specifically for them.

Let Your Voice Be Heard in Congress

With hospitalists testifying before Congress on important patient care issues and rising to the highest levels of CMS, the voice of the hospitalist has never been more important in Washington, D.C. And you can add your voice to the movement.

On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, SHM will bring dozens of hospitalists to the halls of Capitol Hill to talk with legislators and staffers about patient and policy issues, including observation status, quality improvement, accountable care organizations (ACOs), and the impact of the Affordable Care Act on hospitalized patients. At “Hospitalists on the Hill,” hospitalists will talk face to face with policymakers and provide the kind of personal and professional perspective that they need to make decisions that affect millions of hospitalized patients every year.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.

HM15 now has education sessions targeted to early-career hospitalists, trainees, and medical students. The sessions will take place March 30, 2015. Here are some of the planned sessions:

• Career Pathways in Hospital Medicine;
• How to Stand Out: Being the Best Applicant You Can Be;
• Getting to the Top of the Pile: Writing Your CV;
• Quality and Safety for Residents and Students;
• Time Management; and
• Making the Most of Your Mentoring Relationships.

Student and resident discounts are available. Visit www.hospitalmedicine2015.org for details.

HM15 now has education sessions targeted to early-career hospitalists, trainees, and medical students. The sessions will take place March 30, 2015. Here are some of the planned sessions:

• Career Pathways in Hospital Medicine;
• How to Stand Out: Being the Best Applicant You Can Be;
• Getting to the Top of the Pile: Writing Your CV;
• Quality and Safety for Residents and Students;
• Time Management; and
• Making the Most of Your Mentoring Relationships.

Student and resident discounts are available. Visit www.hospitalmedicine2015.org for details.

HM15 now has education sessions targeted to early-career hospitalists, trainees, and medical students. The sessions will take place March 30, 2015. Here are some of the planned sessions:

• Career Pathways in Hospital Medicine;
• How to Stand Out: Being the Best Applicant You Can Be;
• Getting to the Top of the Pile: Writing Your CV;
• Quality and Safety for Residents and Students;
• Time Management; and
• Making the Most of Your Mentoring Relationships.

Student and resident discounts are available. Visit www.hospitalmedicine2015.org for details.

For the first time, SHM’s annual meeting will feature a daylong track specifically designed for young hospitalists: medical students, residents, and hospitalists just starting their career. Darlene Tad-y, MD, chair of SHM’s Physicians in Training (PIT) Committee, explains why young hospitalists are so important to the future of the hospital medicine movement and outlines the new educational track planned for HM15.

Question: Why is the new track for young hospitalists important?

Answer: It’s very exciting to have the new track! Young hospitalists can have different questions and concerns at the beginning of their careers. For hospitalists-in-training, there are still many unanswered questions about getting their first job, the status of the job market, getting involved in quality or scholarly work in the hospital, and other logistical considerations. Also, it is a great way for SHM to welcome and recognize the students, residents, and new hospitalists who are attending our national meeting—and the valuable contribution they make to our organization.

Q: If I’m a med student or a resident or new hospitalist, what can I expect from this track?

A: The track will bring faculty and young hospitalists together to learn about and discuss topics that are critical in this part of a hospitalist’s career. Attendees can expect a great deal of hands-on interaction with the faculty and also advice on getting their hospitalist career off to a running start.

Q: How were these courses and faculty selected?

A: The PIT committee partnered with the Annual Meeting Committee to select the courses and faculty. Students, residents, and young hospitalists were asked for input on what content would be most useful. Along with some input from clerkship and program directors around the country, the courses were chosen. Faculty were selected through a competitive process.

Q: What are you most excited to do at HM15? What sessions do you plan on attending?

A: I’m always energized by the student/resident forum and also the RIV competition. Meeting the trainees en masse and hearing their ideas about hospital medicine are always eye opening. The poster sessions always are another great way to learn about the future of hospital medicine. I’m always amazed at the innovation and tenacity that our trainees demonstrate in furthering what we know about hospital medicine and providing high-quality, efficient inpatient care for patients.

For the first time, SHM’s annual meeting will feature a daylong track specifically designed for young hospitalists: medical students, residents, and hospitalists just starting their career. Darlene Tad-y, MD, chair of SHM’s Physicians in Training (PIT) Committee, explains why young hospitalists are so important to the future of the hospital medicine movement and outlines the new educational track planned for HM15.

Question: Why is the new track for young hospitalists important?

Answer: It’s very exciting to have the new track! Young hospitalists can have different questions and concerns at the beginning of their careers. For hospitalists-in-training, there are still many unanswered questions about getting their first job, the status of the job market, getting involved in quality or scholarly work in the hospital, and other logistical considerations. Also, it is a great way for SHM to welcome and recognize the students, residents, and new hospitalists who are attending our national meeting—and the valuable contribution they make to our organization.

Q: If I’m a med student or a resident or new hospitalist, what can I expect from this track?

A: The track will bring faculty and young hospitalists together to learn about and discuss topics that are critical in this part of a hospitalist’s career. Attendees can expect a great deal of hands-on interaction with the faculty and also advice on getting their hospitalist career off to a running start.

Q: How were these courses and faculty selected?

A: The PIT committee partnered with the Annual Meeting Committee to select the courses and faculty. Students, residents, and young hospitalists were asked for input on what content would be most useful. Along with some input from clerkship and program directors around the country, the courses were chosen. Faculty were selected through a competitive process.

Q: What are you most excited to do at HM15? What sessions do you plan on attending?

A: I’m always energized by the student/resident forum and also the RIV competition. Meeting the trainees en masse and hearing their ideas about hospital medicine are always eye opening. The poster sessions always are another great way to learn about the future of hospital medicine. I’m always amazed at the innovation and tenacity that our trainees demonstrate in furthering what we know about hospital medicine and providing high-quality, efficient inpatient care for patients.

For the first time, SHM’s annual meeting will feature a daylong track specifically designed for young hospitalists: medical students, residents, and hospitalists just starting their career. Darlene Tad-y, MD, chair of SHM’s Physicians in Training (PIT) Committee, explains why young hospitalists are so important to the future of the hospital medicine movement and outlines the new educational track planned for HM15.

Question: Why is the new track for young hospitalists important?

Answer: It’s very exciting to have the new track! Young hospitalists can have different questions and concerns at the beginning of their careers. For hospitalists-in-training, there are still many unanswered questions about getting their first job, the status of the job market, getting involved in quality or scholarly work in the hospital, and other logistical considerations. Also, it is a great way for SHM to welcome and recognize the students, residents, and new hospitalists who are attending our national meeting—and the valuable contribution they make to our organization.

Q: If I’m a med student or a resident or new hospitalist, what can I expect from this track?

A: The track will bring faculty and young hospitalists together to learn about and discuss topics that are critical in this part of a hospitalist’s career. Attendees can expect a great deal of hands-on interaction with the faculty and also advice on getting their hospitalist career off to a running start.

Q: How were these courses and faculty selected?

A: The PIT committee partnered with the Annual Meeting Committee to select the courses and faculty. Students, residents, and young hospitalists were asked for input on what content would be most useful. Along with some input from clerkship and program directors around the country, the courses were chosen. Faculty were selected through a competitive process.

Q: What are you most excited to do at HM15? What sessions do you plan on attending?

A: I’m always energized by the student/resident forum and also the RIV competition. Meeting the trainees en masse and hearing their ideas about hospital medicine are always eye opening. The poster sessions always are another great way to learn about the future of hospital medicine. I’m always amazed at the innovation and tenacity that our trainees demonstrate in furthering what we know about hospital medicine and providing high-quality, efficient inpatient care for patients.

The SHM Learning Portal, the best destination for hospitalist CME, now offers new materials on two important topics: anticoagulants and pediatrics.

In addition to offering free on-demand information that many hospitalists can use on a daily basis, the anticoagulant series will be presented in a new way for the Learning Portal: The presentation will be recorded to individual slides rather than as a recorded webinar.

Later in December, SHM will be posting new pediatric Maintenance of Certification modules.

To access SHM’s Learning Portal, visit www.shmlearningportal.org.

The SHM Learning Portal, the best destination for hospitalist CME, now offers new materials on two important topics: anticoagulants and pediatrics.

In addition to offering free on-demand information that many hospitalists can use on a daily basis, the anticoagulant series will be presented in a new way for the Learning Portal: The presentation will be recorded to individual slides rather than as a recorded webinar.

Later in December, SHM will be posting new pediatric Maintenance of Certification modules.

To access SHM’s Learning Portal, visit www.shmlearningportal.org.

The SHM Learning Portal, the best destination for hospitalist CME, now offers new materials on two important topics: anticoagulants and pediatrics.

In addition to offering free on-demand information that many hospitalists can use on a daily basis, the anticoagulant series will be presented in a new way for the Learning Portal: The presentation will be recorded to individual slides rather than as a recorded webinar.

Later in December, SHM will be posting new pediatric Maintenance of Certification modules.

To access SHM’s Learning Portal, visit www.shmlearningportal.org.

From finding the best scheduling software to glycemic control performance measures to staffing to workloads, Hospital Medicine Exchange has become hospitalists’ first stop for questions and answers from other hospitalists on a wide range of topics.

In September, hospitalists posted nearly 250 discussion starters, questions, and answers, including topics like:

• Resources for ABIM Maintenance of Certification for hospitalists;
• Palliative care and discharge;
• Responsibilities for signing death certificates;
• Coverage for rehabilitation and ventricular assist device (VAD) patients;
• Improving length of stay (LOS); and
• Opiate management for hospitalized chronic pain patients.

Do you have a question for SHM’s 12,000 members? Want to share a success story? Visit HMX today at www.HMXchange.org.

From finding the best scheduling software to glycemic control performance measures to staffing to workloads, Hospital Medicine Exchange has become hospitalists’ first stop for questions and answers from other hospitalists on a wide range of topics.

In September, hospitalists posted nearly 250 discussion starters, questions, and answers, including topics like:

• Resources for ABIM Maintenance of Certification for hospitalists;
• Palliative care and discharge;
• Responsibilities for signing death certificates;
• Coverage for rehabilitation and ventricular assist device (VAD) patients;
• Improving length of stay (LOS); and
• Opiate management for hospitalized chronic pain patients.

Do you have a question for SHM’s 12,000 members? Want to share a success story? Visit HMX today at www.HMXchange.org.

From finding the best scheduling software to glycemic control performance measures to staffing to workloads, Hospital Medicine Exchange has become hospitalists’ first stop for questions and answers from other hospitalists on a wide range of topics.

In September, hospitalists posted nearly 250 discussion starters, questions, and answers, including topics like:

• Resources for ABIM Maintenance of Certification for hospitalists;
• Palliative care and discharge;
• Responsibilities for signing death certificates;
• Coverage for rehabilitation and ventricular assist device (VAD) patients;
• Improving length of stay (LOS); and
• Opiate management for hospitalized chronic pain patients.

Do you have a question for SHM’s 12,000 members? Want to share a success story? Visit HMX today at www.HMXchange.org.

Whether it’s the acuity of patient conditions, interest in quality improvement, or work-life balance, more medical students and residents than ever are interested in exploring careers in hospital medicine. That’s why SHM is organizing more events to link up hospitalists-in-training to leaders in the specialty.

After successful meetings this year in Chicago, Denver, and Philadelphia, SHM is planning 2015 events in Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, and possibly other cities. Dates and other details will be announced in the next few weeks.

For more information, visit the “Member” section of www.hospitalmedicine.org.

Whether it’s the acuity of patient conditions, interest in quality improvement, or work-life balance, more medical students and residents than ever are interested in exploring careers in hospital medicine. That’s why SHM is organizing more events to link up hospitalists-in-training to leaders in the specialty.

After successful meetings this year in Chicago, Denver, and Philadelphia, SHM is planning 2015 events in Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, and possibly other cities. Dates and other details will be announced in the next few weeks.

For more information, visit the “Member” section of www.hospitalmedicine.org.

Whether it’s the acuity of patient conditions, interest in quality improvement, or work-life balance, more medical students and residents than ever are interested in exploring careers in hospital medicine. That’s why SHM is organizing more events to link up hospitalists-in-training to leaders in the specialty.

After successful meetings this year in Chicago, Denver, and Philadelphia, SHM is planning 2015 events in Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, and possibly other cities. Dates and other details will be announced in the next few weeks.

For more information, visit the “Member” section of www.hospitalmedicine.org.