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Feedback Without the Fallout: Building Effective Conversations
July 1, 2026
Feedback is a cornerstone of medical education and professional growth, playing a critical role in shaping competent, confident physicians. Yet despite its importance, feedback often falls short....
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Nashville Hot: Spicing Up Teaching on the Fly
July 1, 2026
Picture your team walking out of a patient’s room. You head down the hallway toward the elevator, the doors open, and for a moment, everyone just stands there. No one says anything. That pause,...
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And the Band Plays On: Tips on Continuing to Improve Your Knowledge and Clinical Reasoning
July 1, 2026
There is always a session at Converge that stays with you. Not because it was the most data-heavy or the most clinically urgent, but because it held up a mirror and you weren’t entirely sure you...
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QI History & Physical: A Natural Extension of the Clinician Skillset
May 1, 2026
Current approaches to quality improvement (QI) resident education have made limited progress in bridging the healthcare quality chasm, despite over two decades since medical practitioners first...
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QI for Hospitalists: Quality, Safety, Transparency
May 1, 2026
For Joel Bradley, MD, director of graduate medical education quality and safety education and an adult and pediatric hospitalist at Dartmouth Health in Hannover, N.H., quality improvement (QI) by...
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Curriculum and Educational Implications of AI
May 1, 2026
The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI (GenAI), represents an inflection point for medical education. AI is reshaping how trainees acquire knowledge, synthesize...
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Pandemic Experiences Impact Future Clinical Training for Med Students and Residents
April 6, 2026
Many hospitalists remember what their work was like during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially during its initial days and before a COVID-19 vaccine was available. Work habits and patient volumes...
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Getting an Advanced Degree—Why Bother?
April 6, 2026
An increasing number of doctors, including hospitalists, are pursuing advanced degrees beyond their medical degrees, driven by intellectual curiosity, the belief that such a degree is necessary for...
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What Is the “Source of Truth” for Hospitalists?
March 2, 2026
When he was a resident, Thejaswi Poonacha, MD, a hospitalist and assistant professor of medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, set out to look at the clinical practice guidelines of the National...
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Taking QI Out of Our Heads And Into Rounds
January 5, 2026
Quality initiatives (QI) are often thought of as longitudinal projects that require large system lifts and complex multidisciplinary teams. These sorts of projects can be intimidating and...