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Charting a Legacy: The Origins of the SHM Leadership Academy
August 12, 2025
The Genesis of a Vision The SHM Leadership Academy may be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, but the origin story began much earlier. The narrative is not just one of organizational growth,...
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Beyond the Hospital’s Four Walls
July 31, 2025
When, in their classic 1996 New England Journal of Medicine article, Robert Wachter, MD, and Lee Goldman, MD, announced the emergence of the hospitalist concept, they defined it in terms of doctors...
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An In-Depth Look at Locum Tenens Work
July 31, 2025
Some hospitalists have found greener pastures working in locum tenens capacities. The freedom, flexibility, enticing pay, and the ability to work in a variety of hospital environments and medicine...
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CAN Framework: Leadership Essentials for Early Career Hospitalists
July 31, 2025
Hospital medicine leaders drive change, inspire teams, and shape the future of medicine. Early career hospitalists—those out of residency for five years or less—often face unique challenges in...
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SIG Spotlight: Perioperative/Co-Management
July 31, 2025
Every SHM special interest group (SIG) is focused on the future, but not every initiative is seeing the kind of growth trend lines of the society’s Perioperative/Co-Management SIG. Dr....
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Chapter Spotlight: Maine
July 31, 2025
When you know, you know—and Taylor Roberts, MD, knows the value of an SHM chapter. So after a few trips to SHM Converge during her residency in Dallas, she knew when she moved to Maine two years...
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SHM’s Leadership Academy Turns 20: Leaders Reflect on Its Impact and Evolution
July 16, 2025
Dr. Howell Early in his career, Eric Howell, MD, MHM—now the chief executive officer of the Society of Hospital Medicine—was a “prototypical hospitalist,” as he put it. He was young, and...
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Sustaining a Career in Hospital Medicine: Insights and Evidence
July 2, 2025
Hospital medicine is a dynamic and essential field, yet sustaining a long-term career within it presents unique challenges. Inspired by narrative accounts from internists recently published in the...
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Bright Lights and Big Stages: Winning Strategies to Elevate Your Presentation Skills and Unlock Your Star Potential
July 2, 2025
Who hasn’t dealt with sweaty palms and a racing heart right before a public speaking event? This session aimed to give participants the confidence to tackle their next big presentation. The...
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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...