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Current Hospitalist Education Initiatives

SHM has charged the Education Committee as well as related groups such as the Academic and Annual Meeting committees with defining the organizational program that enhances education in all aspects of hospital medicine and that establishes SHM as a leader in education for hospitalists. The success of SHM’s education programs will be determined by the extent to which they measurably improve patient outcomes through enhancement of medical knowledge, clinical competence, and performance. The current initiatives focus on:

Assessing the community’s educational needs

A comprehensive needs assessment is underway, tied in a significant way to The Core Competencies in Hospital Medicine: A Framework for Curriculum Development. The results will define the direction relative to meeting content, topics for CME modules, and use of new media for the next several years.

Defining an exciting new program for Hospital Medicine 2008 -  SHM’s Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting Committee, under the auspices of the Education Committee, has implemented a new process via call for proposals and speakers for identifying content and faculty, with the intent of broadening participation in the organization’s most important educational event.  The annual meeting program features an Evidence-Based Rapid Fire Track, which is sure to be exciting to attendees. In October, check out the Annual Meeting area of the website for additional information.

Developing a Teaching Skills pre-course (to be offered at Hospital Medicine 2008)

As experts in the field, the Education Committee has the lead on defining a Teaching Skills pre-course for the clinical educator. The pre-course is intended to appeal to the beginner to moderately experienced educator that focuses on topics such as how to create curriculum; clinical/bedside teaching skills; microskills teaching; giving and receiving effective feedback. In October, check out the Annual Meeting area of the website for additional information.

Enhancing offerings for Academic Hospitalists

Academic Hospitalists are a very important core group within SHM. Their needs are unique and SHM is developing resources that may be helpful in their role as educator, researcher, and clinician. Visit the Academic Hospital Medicine area of the website for additional information.

Developing a new CME module on Team Communications

The Heart Failure Initiative has produced two important CME modules for improving patient care: Palliative Care for Patients With Heart Failure and Optimizing the Heart Failure Discharge Transition. Currently in development is a module on Team Communications, expected to be completed in the spring of 2008. Watch for announcements or visit the CME section of the Heart Failure Resource Room.