Hospital Medicine 2016 Expands, Offers ‘Something for Everyone’

Darlene Tad-y, MD, FHM, assistant professor of medicine at University of Colorado at Denver and chair of SHM’s Physicians in Training Committee, says the offerings for young hospitalists come in response to requests from students, residents, and junior faculty. The track intends to give its audience a sense of how to apply for jobs and start shaping a career path, as well as an understanding of the contours of the hospital medicine field.

Dr. Tad-y says she wants the track to reflect her past experiences at SHM meetings (she’s been to five in a row) of a vibrant, engaged community.

“We wanted our students, residents, and young hospitalists to be able to interact with the whole spectrum of hospitalists—folks who are medical educators, folks who are group leaders, folks who are doing quality and safety work,” she says. “All of our sessions are designed to give them those opportunities.”

Hospitalists, she says, “broadly are game changers.”

“We really want our students, residents, and junior hospitalists to engage with us and see how they can be part of this,” she adds.

Dr. Mattison hopes the annual meeting continues to build on its solid reputation.

“I’ve always enjoyed the annual meeting,” she says. “There are a lot of strengths in SHM’s annual meeting year after year. I think the challenge in planning another annual meeting is building upon that strength and continuing it, and finding new topics and new tracks, and evolving with the times.” TH

Thomas R. Collins is a freelance writer in South Florida.