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Put Me in, Coach! The Essentials of Physician Coaching in Healthcare
July 1, 2024
“We’re not going to bore you!” Dr. Stephany, director of physician-provider organization support, clinical academic departments, and the leadership center for physicians at Children’s Mercy...
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Common Inpatient Cognitive Errors in Diagnosis and Clinical Reasoning: Practical Applications for the Hospitalist
July 1, 2024
Everyone has cognitive biases that can lead to errors in diagnosis and have a profound impact on patient management decisions. In this thought-provoking session, Dr. Daniel Restrepo, a hospitalist...
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Pediatric Medical Overuse: Current Ways to Reduce Unnecessary Harm
July 1, 2024
“Everything we do as physicians has downstream consequences and cost,” said Dr. Nathan Money, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, as he and Dr. Danni...
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The Great Debate 2024: Controversies in Perioperative Medicine
July 1, 2024
There are a great many debates in medicine. This perioperative topic lecture looked at the controversy of perioperative atrial fibrillation and a second topic of post-operative troponin screenings....
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MED-TED Teaching Competition
July 1, 2024
The inaugural MED-TED teaching competition saw seven contestants compete against each other to teach a topic in under eight minutes. This innovative session included attending hospitalists with fewer...
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Inpatient Management of Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
July 1, 2024
This session was a high-yield overview of the management of hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) presented by Dr. South, an addiction medicine physician who treats patients with...
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Solving Major Problems: Major Bleeding and Major Surgery for Patients on Anticoagulants
July 1, 2024
This interactive session posed real-life scenarios for hospitalists who frequently deal with difficult anticoagulation questions and grounded it all with the evidence. The first case discussed was...
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Leading Within an Environment of Work-Life Balance: From Burnout to Wellness
July 1, 2024
Few topics echo in the doctors’ lounge across the country more often than physician burnout. It’s the hot topic of our time. In this talk, the presenters did an excellent job exploring this issue...
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Update on Clinical Guidelines
July 1, 2024
In a packed room, Dr. O’Leary, chief of the division of hospital medicine, associate chair for quality in the department of medicine, and vice president of quality for Northwestern Memorial...
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The Art and Science of Hospitalist Workloads: Designing and Implementing Evidence-Informed Strategies for Optimal Patient, Workforce, and Organizational Outcomes
July 1, 2024
This engaging strategy session was led by two passionate speakers committed to optimizing hospital operations while prioritizing the well-being of hospitalists. They delved into various challenges,...