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Meet SHM’s 2023 DEI Scholarship Winner: Cedric Mutebi
November 1, 2023
Cedric Mutebi and his mom Lucy. The Society of Hospital Medicine bestowed its second annual Hospital Medicine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion scholarship earlier this year to Cedric Mutebi, a...
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Health Equity in Hospital Medicine
November 1, 2023
Dr. Doraiswamy Presenter: Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD Dr. McNeal-Trice’s plenary was a tour-de-force at the 2023 PHM Conference. She effortlessly blended basic health equity definitions and...
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Scholarship: Through a DEI Lens
November 1, 2023
Dr. Potts Presenters: Kristina Nazareth-Pidgeon, MD, Michelle White, MD, MPH, Victoria Parente, MD, Mikelle Key-Solle, MD, and Abby Nerlinger, MD, MPH Equity is a pillar of quality health care...
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Behavioral Emergency Response Teams and Racial Bias in Pediatric Hospitals
November 1, 2023
Dr. Edwards Presenters: Rachel Peterson, MD, and Edward Kim, MD Recently, concern has been growing about hospital patient-to-worker harm events and the increase in patients with mental health...
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Beyond Pronouns: A Hospitalist’s Guide to Understanding the Medical and Physical Aspects of Gender-Affirming Care
November 1, 2023
Dr. Hamlin Presenters: Kimberly Horstman, MD, and Taylor Rosenbaum, MD This PHM 2023 session aimed to educate hospitalists about the continuum of gender-affirming care, the side effects of...
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Geographic Information Systems
November 1, 2023
A six-year-old patient admitted to a hospital medicine service due to status asthmaticus is a common occurrence in pediatric hospitalists nationwide. But what if the questions about why the patient...
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Advancing Your Skillset to Become a Modern Leader for Equity
November 1, 2023
Dr. Abd-Rabu Presenters: Jennifer K. O’Toole, MD, MEd, Vineeta Mittal, MD, MBA, Neha H. Shah, MD, MPH, and Nancy Spector, MD This PHM 2023 session encapsulated a dynamic exploration into the...
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Women Hospitalists Supporting Women
September 1, 2023
One of the most powerful displays of support among women is when they show up for each other in their professions. This is especially true in hospital medicine, where women have made significant...
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The Value of Cultural Exchange in Health Care
August 1, 2023
On a Tuesday in February 2002, a happy little boy left home for school. Two hours later, he started feeling unwell, and his parents were called to pick him up. The next day, he insisted on going back...
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Experts Say Racism a Too-common Factor in Care, and Offer Fixes
July 5, 2023
Saying that structural racism permeates more clinical situations than hospitalists are typically aware of, a panel of speakers at SHM Converge in March offered a framework that physicians can use to...