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We’re All In: How to Run an Effective Meeting
July 1, 2025
“How many of you have been a part of or have run crappy meetings?” Brad Sharpe, MD, hospitalist and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, asked the audience during...
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Lessons Learned From 20 Years as an Expert Witness in PHM Malpractice Cases
July 1, 2025
This presentation was part of the pediatric track at SHM Converge 2025 in Las Vegas. Jack M. Percelay, MD, MPH, FAAP, MHM, clinical professor of pediatrics at Stanford Healthcare Tri-Valley Hospital...
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Put Your Money Down and Make Your Next Career Move: When and How to Redefine Your Niche
July 1, 2025
This dynamic session started by introducing the audience to the concept of S-curves. Often used in the business field to show the growth of a product or technology over time, the speakers invite the...
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How to Give Great Presentations that Stick
July 1, 2025
Christopher Moriates, MD, chief of hospital medicine at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, and professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, both in Los Angeles,...
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Supporting Your Workforce: Building an Effective APP Leadership Team
July 1, 2025
Quoting the leadership guru Simon Sinek, April Burke, vice president of advanced practice providers at Sound Physicians, set the tone of her SHM Converge session in Las Vegas: “Leadership without...
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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...
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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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Don’t Throw Away Your Shot: Negotiations
June 2, 2025
Many of us did not go into medicine to negotiate, and so feel uncomfortable with negotiations. However, we negotiate more often in our day-to-day lives than we realize (those with children definitely...
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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...
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From Mistakes to Growth: How to Manage Medical Errors
June 2, 2025
Many entering the medical profession are perfectionists, unaccustomed to making serious mistakes.1 Medical errors, however, are inevitable and multifactorial.2 We fear errors due to the cost to our...