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SIG Spotlight: Med-Peds
August 1, 2023
Hospitalists trained in both pediatric and adult medicine don’t always feel grounded as a comrade among either cadre of caregivers. Consider SHM’s Med-Peds Special Interest Group (SIG) that sense...
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Chapter Spotlight: Utah
August 1, 2023
For many SHM chapters nationwide, leadership through the COVID-19 pandemic paved the way for chapter growth and progress post-pandemic. But what if a chapter used 2020 not as a bridge to success,...
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Dr. Readlynn Enjoys the Team-based Care of HM and Working with Learners
July 21, 2023
Q & A with Jennifer K. Readlynn, MD, FHM, adult hospitalist and clinician educator, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, N.Y. Whether it’s working with her...
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Movers and Shakers, July 2023
July 6, 2023
Dr. Chudgar Saumil Chudgar, MD, MS, SFHM, a hospitalist at Duke University Hospital, Durham, N.C., and associate professor of medicine and assistant dean for clinical education at Duke University...
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Improving Communications Between ED and Hospitalist Physicians, Viewpoints from Both Perspectives
July 5, 2023
Dr. Michael and Dr. Andrew Pfeffer are brothers who each presented a side of the emergency department(ED)/hospitalist points of conflict. They set the scope of the talk with data from 2020 that there...
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Mid-career “Phronesis”
July 5, 2023
The 2023 SHM Converge Conference in Austin, Texas was the backdrop for a chance encounter between two old friends. We and our spouses met during residency 20 years ago, became fast friends, and then...
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Strategies for Dysfunctional Teams and Groups
July 5, 2023
Drs. Russo and Boer began by outlining the differences between high-performing and dysfunctional teams. High-performing teams are not afraid of face-to-face communication, authentically give and...
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Standardizing the Recruitment Process for Hospitalist Programs
July 5, 2023
This workshop discussed ideas to standardize the recruitment process, ask more informative interview questions, and minimize unconscious bias to create a diverse hospitalist group. The audience was...
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Incorporating Learners on Direct Care Services: Reclaiming the “Non-Teaching Service” for Education
July 5, 2023
In the field of medical education, there’s a growing recognition of the importance of incorporating learners in direct care services with hospitalists to address the needs of both the learners and...
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Ikigai: Finding Joy and Purpose in Medicine
July 5, 2023
Ikigai is a Japanese concept meaning “a reason for being.” It exists at the intersection of passion, mission, profession, and vocation. It’s existed for centuries in Japanese culture and was...