Networking
SHM’s annual meeting always serves as a forum for enterprising hospitalists to make connections and advance careers. For those hospitalists, HM12 will provide unprecedented time and opportunities to connect with peers and leaders in the specialty.
To many hospitalists, including Dr. Glasheen, the biggest benefit of attending SHM’s annual meeting isn’t the feeling in the conference center—it’s the feeling they take with them.
“Every year, I come away from the meeting reinvigorated and refreshed,” he says. “Much of that comes from the energy I get from spending four days with smart, motivated, and highly engaged hospitalists. It’s the one time every year where I feel firsthand how great it is to be a part of the society—small ‘s’—of hospital medicine.”
That sense of connection is what makes the specialty unique and full of energy, he adds. “These are my colleagues on a national level, this is our field, these people are our present and future, and it’s great to spend some time learning with—and from—all of them.”
Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.