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2023 Masters in Hospital Medicine
April 12, 2023
SHM outgoing president Rachel Thompson, MD, MPH, SFHM, kicked off SHM Converge 2023 in Austin, Texas in March by honoring SHM's 2023 class of Masters in Hospital Medicine—Alpesh N. Amin, MD, MBA,...
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The Unsung Health Care Hero: When the Physician Advisor Saved a Life
April 11, 2023
Leaving against medical advice is not uncommon in hospitals, but when Ms. Lydia asked to sign out, the nurse and hospitalist were shocked. Ms. Lydia, a sweet, 72-year-old patient with sepsis from...
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For Dr. Hadley, Hospital Medicine is the Ultimate Team Sport
April 3, 2023
Q & A with Andrea Hadley, MD, FAAP, Corewell Health/Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, Mich. As a med-peds hospitalist, Dr. Hadley turns to SHM for networking an education, and she...
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SHM’s President, Dr. Kris Rehm, Shares SHM’s Vision and Mission
April 3, 2023
Dr. Rehm I love the feeling new beginnings bring. For me, it happens every New Year’s Day and in early July when new interns begin their journeys with the excitement and anxiety that is the...
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The Hospitalist Welcomes New Board Members
April 3, 2023
The Hospitalist‘s editorial advisory board is a volunteer group of SHM members working in hospitalist groups all across the country. They share their time and experience in hospital medicine to...
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SHM’s Atlanta Chapter Flexes Recruitment Muscle
April 3, 2023
During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitalists were inundated on the front lines, placing patients’ and communities’ needs above their own. As the pandemic evolved, hospitalists...
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Curriculum Transition from Lecture- to Team-based Learning Associated with Improvement in (IM-ITE) Scores
April 3, 2023
Dr. Mehta Clinical question: Does team-based learning in residency curricula have an impact on knowledge acquisition and standardized testing performance as compared to traditional lecture-based...
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Peer Discussion Decreases Practice Intensity and Increases Clinical Certainty
April 3, 2023
Dr. Mehta Clinical question: Do team-based discussion strategies among resident physicians affect practice intensity and clinical certainty? Background: Studies have shown that the learning...
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Remdesivir Use Improves Mortality in COVID-19 in Non-ventilated Hospitalized Patients
April 3, 2023
Dr. Gibson Clinical question: Does remdesivir have a mortality benefit in patients with COVID-19? Background: The Solidarity trial previously reported preliminary mortality analyses for...
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SER-109, an Oral Microbiome Therapy for rCDI
April 3, 2023
Dr. Arobelidze Clinical question: In patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI), is the use of oral microbiome therapy associated with reduced risk of recurrence of the...