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The Leadership Course Perfect for Hospitalists
September 3, 2024
Dr. Kennedy About 10 years ago, I’d just landed a new leadership position as director of quality and, whether external or self-induced, I was feeling the pressure. I wanted to succeed in the...
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Diverse Mentorship Options Allow a Tailored Approach
September 3, 2024
Mentorship has been shown to have numerous benefits for mentees such as increasing confidence, mitigating burnout, improving physician retention, and successful career development.1 According to...
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Hospitalist Leaders Reflect on the Importance of Mentorship
September 3, 2024
With hospital medicine a newer specialty, mentorship has an extra special role, say several hospitalist leaders who have spent much of their careers serving as mentors for others. Mentoring helps...
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SHM’s Hospital Medicine DEI Scholarship Winner: Nnamdi Igwe
September 3, 2024
Left to Right: Dr. Kris Rehm, Dr. Greg Johnson, Nnamdi Igwe, and Dr. Eric Howell SHM presented two $25,000 Hospital Medicine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarships in April at Converge....
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Chapter Spotlight: Sacramento
September 3, 2024
Most chapters for SHM begin with a gaggle of hospitalists meeting up and becoming friends, bound by shared work experience. Things work differently in the Sacramento chapter, founded as a...
Dr. Pizanis Enjoys Training Future Hospitalists and Leaders
August 15, 2024
Q & A with Charles Pizanis, MD, FHM, associate professor and co-director of the University of New Mexico’s hospitalist training track, division of hospital medicine, department of internal...
Movers and Shakers, August 2024
August 15, 2024
Dr. Mehta Arunab Mehta, MD, MEd, FHM, has been appointed as the new vice-chair of inpatient clinical affairs in the department of internal medicine at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center...
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Navigating the Promotion Process
August 1, 2024
When she joined the faculty of the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas as a junior member in 2011, Christiana Renner, MD received mentorship in areas such as clinical care and...
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Working as a Hospitalist Internationally
August 1, 2024
Hospital medicine is the fastest-growing medical specialty in the U.S., and it’s gaining popularity in other countries throughout the world.1 Although there are many similarities in how hospital...
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Managing the Long-term Physical Effects of Being a Hospitalist
August 1, 2024
Mark V. Williams, MD, FACP, MHM, age 64, has been a pioneer of hospital medicine, a physician leader, and a frontline clinician since helping to found the hospitalist program at Grady Hospital in...