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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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Seizing the Moment: Hospitalists’ Roles in Reproductive Care
September 3, 2024
A 25-year-old woman is admitted to your service with acute kidney injury due to lupus nephritis in the setting of chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and hypertension. She mentions having menstrual...
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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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Best Case Scenarios: Developing Scholarship From Your Day-to-day Work
August 1, 2024
When navigating academic medicine, a daunting task is entering into the world of scholarship. Junior faculty, residents, and medical students are often intimidated trying to find an entry point. Lack...
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2024 Converge Shark Tank
July 1, 2024
Dr. Gundareddy Shark Tank was an innovative session where hospitalists competed in the space of innovation to improve care for their patients. The winner received a cool trophy, bragging rights,...
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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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New ACGME Peds Program Requirements Present Challenges and Opportunities
May 1, 2024
Although updates to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) program requirements for pediatric graduate medical education will present financial challenges to some hospitals...
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Code Status Discussions; Difficult but Necessary
April 1, 2024
I thought it was just where I practiced, but it turns out that, in the medical field, we’re really bad about having code discussions, which is a significant issue. When some of my patients revealed...
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Getting Another Degree While Working… Or Not?
March 12, 2024
The monthly(-ish) #JHMChat on X, formerly Twitter, is a time to discuss interesting articles in the Journal of Hospital Medicine , meet new people, and learn from each other. Our chat this past...
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Debriefings After an Unexpected Hospital Death or Code
February 1, 2024
Hospitalist and palliative-care physician Kencee Graves, MD, FACP, recalls participating on a difficult code-team response while still a new medicine intern at the University of Utah, where she is...