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Mental Health Boarding on Inpatient Units
July 1, 2022
Dr. Krause Presenter: Heather Kreth, PsyD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carrel, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Heather Kreth, a child and...
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Disaster Management Right up Hospitalists’ Alley
July 1, 2022
At all levels of handling disasters—managing capacity, coordination among hospitals, and biocontainment—hospitalists can and should be more involved, panelists said in a session at SHM...
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Careful Approach to Combatting Misinformation
July 1, 2022
In a world that can feel like it’s awash in misinformation—about COVID-19, politics, and Russian propaganda related to the Ukraine war for example—we all need to make more of an effort to...
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Intellectual Disabilities Call for Thorough Care
July 1, 2022
A 45-year-old woman with trisomy 21, hypertension, obesity, and obstructive sleep apnea arrives in the emergency department (ED) with a fever, a fast breathing rate, and a fast heart rate. Staff at...
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Eating Disorders and ARFID Guidelines
July 1, 2022
Dr. Schwenk Presenter(s): Andrea Krause, MD, Norton Children’s Hospital and the University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky.; Kyung Rhee, MD, MSc, MA, Rady Children’s Hospital and University of...
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Improve Ward Teaching with Microlearning and Digital Content
July 1, 2022
Dr. Kim Presenter: Chase J. Webber, DO, FACP, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Ky. Learning is an acquired skill, but the way we are taught throughout most of our education is...
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Human Behavior: Implications for Hospital Medicine
July 1, 2022
Presenter: Brad Sharpe, MD, FACP, SFHM, University of California, San Francisco Many aspects of human behavior are influenced by judgments and assessments that occur within fractions of a second....
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Apps and Gadgets: Tech for Hospitalists
July 1, 2022
KardiaMobile 6L Apps, wearables, and gadgets—hospitalists are well aware that technology is having a profound effect on health care. But you’re probably not aware of everything out there, or...
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Rethinking Hospitalist Work: Reimagining Workforce Goals
July 1, 2022
Presenters: Marisha Burden, MD, FACP, SFHM, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo., and Angela Keniston, MSPH, University of Colorado The speakers at this Converge session...
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Remedies for the Unavoidable Implicit Bias
July 1, 2022
Dr. Capers The billboard loomed above the road in Savannah, Ga., with three huge faces in medical masks peering out. “All Cardiothoracic Surgeons Look Like This,” it read. All the faces...