HM Heads to Washington
SHM Teams With Epocrates
New partnership will deliver HM content to mobile platforms; Chad Whelan will serve as mobile resource center’s editor
During work hours, hospitalists rarely find themselves behind a desk. Rather, they are on their feet, tending to patients and collaborating with hospital care teams.
That’s why SHM and Epocrates, one of the industry leaders in providing medical information on mobile platforms, have teamed up to create the first HM resource center for Palm, Windows Mobile, and iPhone platforms. Every two weeks, the new mobile platform will deliver new, exclusive commentary on the latest news and research in HM and hospitalist practice management. The free service is expected to be available in March.
Hospitalists can sign up at SHM’s Web site—www.hospitalmedicine.org/epocrates—and receive an e-mail alert when the new application goes live.
Dr. Chad Whelan, MD, FHM, director of the division of hospital medicine and associate professor at Loyola University’s Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago, will serve as the editor of the HM mobile resource center.
“This combines two of the defining characteristics of the modern hospitalist: the need for latest news and information in the specialty in an on-the-go format,” explains Dr. Whelan, chair of SHM’s Career Satisfaction Task Force. “This is more than recycled content; this is fresh thinking in a fresh new package.”
The second new pre-course addresses some of the daunting challenges that new hospitalists face. “Early Career Hospitalist: Skills for Success,” led by Efren Manjarrez, MD, FHM, of the University of Miami School of Medicine, will lead new hospitalists through such day-to-day issues as communicating with patients and families, coding, quality improvement (QI) efforts, and legal considerations in their practice.
Although the pre-course on the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) isn’t new, it will include new information about the process for applying to ABIM’s new Recognition of Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine program.
Inaugural Year for Senior Fellows
SHM’s Fellows in Hospital Medicine Program will take center stage again, as the society welcomes the first class of Senior Fellows in Hospital Medicine (SFHM) and the second class of Fellows in Hospital Medicine (FHM). Now in its second year, the fellows program recognizes hospitalists for their commitment to excellence.
At HM09, SHM inducted more than 500 hospitalists as fellows. Candidates must have at least five years’ experience as a hospitalist and demonstrate their work in QI, teamwork, and leadership. This year, SHM expects to induct even more fellows.
The requirements for the SHFM are similar to those of the FHM program but demand more experience in each category. Hospitalists applying for SFHM also must be an SHM member in good standing for at least five years.
New Educational Options: Breakout Sessions and RIV Competition
The HM10 educational program features new breakout sessions and the annual Research, Innovations, and Clinical Vignettes (RIV) competition. The new tracks include:
- Academic;
- Clinical 1;
- Clinical 2;
- Evidence-Based Rapid Fire;
- Palliative Care;
- Pediatric;
- Practice Management;
- Quality;
- Research; and
- Workshops (educational format for the annual conference).
Hundreds of hospitalists will submit abstracts for the RIV competition. Of those, dozens will be chosen for the HM10 poster session; a panel of experts will judge the entries on Saturday, April 10. The winners will be announced at the conference and claim a $250 cash prize.
High-Visibility Exhibits
HM’s growth has spurred a burgeoning industry of products and service providers that help hospitalists do their jobs more effectively and efficiently. HM10 brings the best of the industry directly to hospitalists, and this year, SHM is making it easier than ever for hospitalists to find the experts on the exhibit floor. For the first time, HM10’s agenda includes time to allow attendees to browse the exhibit hall without competing workshops or plenary sessions. Plus, attendees will win prizes for visiting exhibit booths.
