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Why Generalists Triumph in a World of Specialists
July 1, 2024
David Epstein’s novel “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World” is based on the idea that our world is increasingly incentivized by demands and specialization. The presenters of...
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Connecting, Learning, Engaging at Converge and Throughout the Year
July 1, 2024
Converge may only last a few days, but SHM’s CEO, Dr. Eric Howell, explains how members can stay involved all year. It’s hard to believe that it has been three months since we connected in...
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Update in Hospital Medicine
July 1, 2024
Dr. Zahir Kanjee (left) and Dr. Suchita Shah Sata educated—and entertained!—with their updates in hospital medicine. This year’s annual Update in Hospital Medicine transported learners to...
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Let’s Get Physical: Exam Maneuvers that Can Improve Your Clinical Judgment
July 1, 2024
In this era where point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) may make the stethoscope obsolete, Dr. Daniel D. Dressler, professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, started his...
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Challenging Anticoagulation Scenarios: How to Have Smooth Sailing through Choppy Waters
July 1, 2024
Keeping abreast of updates in anticoagulation guidelines is important for physicians to provide optimal patient care. Multiple changes to recommendations for anticoagulation have been made in the...
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Kill the Mortality—Building Successful Inpatient Mortality Reduction Programs in Academic and Rural Health Systems
July 1, 2024
The session began with a clear statement of its objectives, focusing on how quality programs view mortality, the methodology behind it, approaches to reducing mortality, and the impact hospitalists...
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Opioid Use Disorders in Adolescents
July 1, 2024
Dr. Trope, a pediatric hospitalist at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, Calif., and an affiliated clinical instructor at the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University...
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Pediatric Update: Top 10 Articles of 2023
July 1, 2024
The year 2023 brought us waves of advances in technology, increasing vaccine hesitancy, an ongoing behavioral health crisis, and civil unrest overseas which continues to echo throughout the...
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The Kinetic Life: Your Power to M.O.V.E. Through Change with Intention
July 1, 2024
Dr. Green “One day you will share the story of where you are today and how you overcame it, and it will become someone else’s survival guide.” Brene Brown (via Parul Somani) Parul Somani...
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Pneumonia: Updates, Best Practices, and Controversies
July 1, 2024
In this clinically focused session, Dr. Joanna M Bonsall, associate professor at Emory University School of Medicine and hospitalist at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, discussed portions of the...