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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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Educational Strategies for Clinical Supervision of AI Use
March 2, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: What are strategies that can equip medical educators and learners to engage critically with artificial intelligence (AI)? BACKGROUND: AI has the capacity to fundamentally alter...
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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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The Power of Coaching
February 2, 2026
I am a mid-career academic hospitalist deeply interested in physician wellness and burnout. At SHM Converge 2025 in Las Vegas, I attended the wellness plenary by Dr. Sandeep Jauhar titled “Our...
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Complexity in Compensation in Academic Medicine
February 2, 2026
Physicians in academic hospital medicine are usually motivated not just by their interest in clinical care, but by a love of intellectual progress, academic citizenship, mentorship, and teaching....
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Hospitalist-Led AI Research
February 2, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) is entering hospital medicine at a moment when the field needs it most and when the risks of getting it wrong are high. For many hospitalists, interest in AI has grown...