The Cutting Edge

The Hospitalist. 2011 February;2011(02):

February 1, 2011 | The Hospitalist

Hospitalists who take the portable ultrasound pre-course in conjunction with the “Medical Procedures for the Hospitalist” pre-course will receive a full day of the best training in the practice and tools used in medical procedures. The procedures course runs from 8 a.m. to noon May 10. The portable ultrasound course runs from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Both pre-courses are taught by Bradley T. Rosen, MD, MBA, FHM, of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and Sally Wang, MD, FHM, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. TH

Brendon Shank is SHM’s vice president of communications.

SHM Leadership Academy: Taking It to a New Level in March

Originally designed as a class to help hospitalists develop leadership skills, SHM’s Leadership Academy has grown into a complete curriculum for hospitalists aspiring to lead programs. Now with three separate courses, an established group of alumni, and a leadership certification program on the horizon, Leadership Academy will offer two of the three courses March 21-24 in Las Vegas.

The newest course, “Advanced Leadership: Developing a Winning Team and Strengthening Your Organization,” focuses on the unique challenges of developing, maintaining, and leading a successful HM practice. Created in response to academy alumni eager for more leadership education, the course builds on the topics and skills presented in the original course, “Foundations for Effective Leadership.”

The “Foundations” course aims to help hospitalists better evaluate their personal leadership style, apply it to the hospital setting, and better communicate with audiences within the hospital. Russell Holman, MD, SFHM, will open the “Foundations” course and teach sessions on strategic planning.

“To me, nothing could be more gratifying than to see expertise in leadership as a means to driving change and improvements that we all see need to be made,” Dr. Holman said at HM10.

For more information, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/leadership or e-mail leadership@hospitalmedicine.org.