The Hospitalist - An Official Publication of Society of Hospital Medicine
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The Trials and Tribulations of Teaching Residents
June 2, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic, advances in technology, and new views about work-life balance have all impacted how medical residents learn in recent years. Dr. Barna “Although the evolution of...
Career Hospitalist Advisement and Mentorship Program (CHAMP)
June 2, 2025
Between 2012 and 2019, the field of hospital medicine experienced rapid growth, expanding by 50%.1 From 2019 to 2021 alone, there was an additional 10% increase, signaling continued growth over the...
The National Hospital Medicine Writing Challenge
June 2, 2025
It is highly unlikely that any hospitalist, academic or otherwise, has ever complained that they have too much time for writing or that writing is too easy. Even professional writers often struggle...
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Reflections After Attending on an Oncology Hospitalist Service for Three Years
June 24, 2025
1. The Privilege of Immediate Impact Unlike many inpatient services, the oncology hospitalist role often means managing pivotal moments in a patient’s cancer journey. The admission might reflect a...
The Case for Hospitalists’ Involvement in Hospital Contract Negotiations
June 24, 2025
Physician advisors and hospitalists bring indispensable value to contract negotiations between hospital systems and payers. Traditionally, contracting has been managed primarily by finance and...
Carrying On the Timeless Mission of Medicine
June 13, 2025
It’s easy to think of the times we live in as unprecedented—for each of us, it is. Yet, as we all know, history repeats itself, and our experiences are usually not quite as unprecedented as we...
Interpreting Pyuria on Urinalysis in Geriatric Patients: Context Matters
June 2, 2025
A 75-year-old female nursing-home resident with mild cognitive impairment is admitted to the hospital for two days of confusion, agitation, and weakness. She denies any genitourinary symptoms,...
What Hospitalists Should Know About ICE Visits
April 18, 2025
In the course of a hectic day with a huge patient load, the last thing a hospitalist might expect to handle is a visit from immigration officials demanding access to a patient the federal government...
What’s New in The Hospitalist
May 1, 2025
The Hospitalist aims to provide articles on key issues and trends in hospital medicine, continually assessing how to deliver engaging, relevant, and useful content. Popular clinical columns include...
Finding My Path in Inpatient Medicine: A Family Medicine Resident’s Reflection
June 25, 2025
My name is Mehran, and I’m currently transitioning into my second year as a family medicine resident at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I chose this specialty with a deep passion for...
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Optimizing Learners on Direct Care Teaching Services: A Qualitative Study of Hospitalist Clinicians at 26 Sites
Academic medical centers are experiencing rapid clinical growth, which has outpaced traditional teaching services. Learners such as medical students, advanced practice provider fellows, and residents may be placed onto inpatient services where attendings provide both direct care to patients and supervise learners, creating potential challenges for attending physicians due to clinical demands. This Journal of Hospital Medicine study aims to characterize the hospitalist experience with direct care teaching services.
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