Dr. Moriates and Dr. Herzke have spent months preparing for their presentation: Together, they have pored through a year’s worth of literature, narrowing down hundreds of studies to bring attendees the Top 20 papers with an impact on hospital medicine for the session. They each collected articles throughout the year, checking in regularly to outline the themes and rank papers for the session. In January, Dr. Moriates and Dr. Herzke reviewed all the articles they had collected, finalizing the major themes and highlights for the Update.
“The harder part was dropping a few of the articles we had selected in order to make it under an hour,” he said. “We tried to come up with the highlights that all hospitalists should know about, which are most likely to inform their practices over the coming year. And so, if you haven’t picked up a journal in a year, hopefully within an hour, Carrie and I can give you a quick download.”
Attendees familiar with “Update in Hospital Medicine” also will know that the exact details of what is being presented are secret. It is one of the few sessions at HM19 where slides are not published beforehand on the official Annual Conference app. The only way to know the details of the top studies is to attend the session.
“You have to be there to find out,” Dr. Moriates said.
Dr. Carrie Herzke
But curiosity should not be the only reason for hospitalists to attend. Dr. Herzke said this year’s “Update in Hospital Medicine” session holds some practice pearls that may surprise attendees.
“We picked out some studies that we think should make people question common practices and consider making changes to how they practice medicine at their home institution, or their home hospital,” she said.
“It’s fair to say there were a number of studies this year that questioned conventional practices or put forth clear evidence that suggests we should be doing things differently in the hospital than the way we currently are doing them, across a number of scenarios,” Dr. Moriates said.
Attendees can expect studies in the fields of infectious disease, cardiology, and hematology to make the Top 20 list of best papers for the session. However, the challenge is always to present clinical pearls that apply to all hospitalists, regardless of where they practice.
“I think one thing about hospitalists is that our practices are very broad based, and we have to be up to date in lots of different fields,” Dr. Moriates said. “And so, we will cover the top literature across an array of fields matching the breadth and diversity of the patients that we take care of as hospitalists.”
Dr. Moriates and Dr. Herzke had no relevant financial conflicts.
Update in Hospital Medicine
Tuesday, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Potomac ABCD