By Lanna Felde, MD
November 22, 2021 |  2
Last week’s #JHMChat saw an all-star guest lineup including Drs. Adam Rodman, Zahir Kanjee, Laura McNamara, and Shane Warnock of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center debating the value of the routine daily physical exam – is it worthwhile or a waste of time? This question was recently debated in our Point: Counterpoint series and got […]
By Lanna Felde, MD
October 1, 2021 |  0
This week, the Journal of Hospital Medicine returned from a summer hiatus with a #JHMChat about academic productivity and promotion. As recently discussed in our September issue by Drs. Andrew Sumarsono and Neil Keshvani, et al, the median number of publications for hospitalists at academic medical centers is zero. I’ll say that one more time: […]
By Angela Castellanos, MD
December 10, 2020 |  0
During residency, every few months, we had informal didactics that focused on topics like burnout, difficult conversations, and career planning. On one particular morning, the topic ended up being patient advocacy. That morning, I was feeling like the epitome of a tired, overworked second-year resident – and not just because I was at the tail […]
By Sherine Salib, MD, Clarissa Johnston, MD, Jeff Eaton, MD, Ayane Rossano, BA, Beth Nelson, MD
November 17, 2020 |  1
This article is part of a series in The Hospital Leader written by members of the Division of Hospital Medicine at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas in Austin, exploring lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic and outlining an approach for creating COVID-19 Centers of Excellence. The COVID-19 pandemic shook up the medical […]
June 8, 2020 |  5
Here we are, faced with history in real time. A plague upon a plague. A new one and a longstanding one. COVID-19 and racial injustice. Both are plagues upon our medical house, and it’s time for some spring cleaning. Initially, COVID-19 concerns brought news of an infection coming for anyone and everyone. Like the Black […]
By Heather E. Nye, MD, PhD, SFHM
February 14, 2020 |  3
GOOD PARENTING QUIZ: Your 6-year-old has said to you… True / False: “Mommy/Daddy, I drew a picture of you for your birthday with papers all around you, doing your ‘computering,’ since that’s your favorite thing to do…” True / False: “Mommy/Daddy, there’s early release today at school. You never come get me up at pickup […]