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Standardizing the Recruitment Process for Hospitalist Programs
July 5, 2023
This workshop discussed ideas to standardize the recruitment process, ask more informative interview questions, and minimize unconscious bias to create a diverse hospitalist group. The audience was...
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Incorporating Learners on Direct Care Services: Reclaiming the “Non-Teaching Service” for Education
July 5, 2023
In the field of medical education, there’s a growing recognition of the importance of incorporating learners in direct care services with hospitalists to address the needs of both the learners and...
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Ikigai: Finding Joy and Purpose in Medicine
July 5, 2023
Ikigai is a Japanese concept meaning “a reason for being.” It exists at the intersection of passion, mission, profession, and vocation. It’s existed for centuries in Japanese culture and was...
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Evolution of IDTs
July 5, 2023
This informative session was geared towards team-building enthusiasts as well as those just starting to develop hospital-based teams. The speakers introduced the meeting with a case study on Amazing...
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Creative Ways to Expand Academic Opportunities Through Multicenter Networks
July 5, 2023
You wouldn’t think COVID-19 would bring us together, not with masks and social distancing, but that’s exactly what this session was about—how four physicians learned to build multicenter...
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Retaining Physicians is Crucial and Can be Hard—But It’s Possible
July 5, 2023
Employee retention sign and figurines on the memo sticks. As he stood before the audience talking about the high rate at which physicians are leaving health care, and the challenges to retaining...
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Dr. Craven Finds Purpose in Helping Patients
June 22, 2023
Q & A with Robert A. Craven, MD, FACP, CHCQM-PHYADV, SFHM, vice president of case management, physician advisor, and hospitalist at McLeod Health, Florence, S.C. The hospitalist movement was...
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Complying with the MATE Act
June 13, 2023
The Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act is part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, of 2023, which takes effect June 2023. The MATE Act requires training for Drug Enforcement...
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Dr. Mehta Enjoys Improving Patient Care and Working with Learners
June 1, 2023
Q & A with Arunab Mehta, MD, MEd, hospitalist, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati Dr. Mehta was drawn to hospital medicine to care for acutely ill patients and because of the...
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2023 Masters in Hospital Medicine
June 1, 2023
SHM’s outgoing president Rachel Thompson, MD, MPH, SFHM, kicked off SHM Converge 2023 in Austin, Texas in March by honoring the newest members to become Masters in Hospital Medicine. “They join...