Teaching and Learning Slide Sets

Acute Coronary Syndromes: Trials & Tribulations
This presentation was given by Will Southern, M.D., M.S. during a rapid fire track session at the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2008 Annual Meeting in San Diego, Ca.  The presentation aims to answer four questions: Update the most recent studies…how should they change my practice?  How long to continue antiplatelet therapy for drug-eluting stents?  Can I trust the Troponin? When is it safe to discharge?  Inpatient stress test or not? Which one?
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Improving Quality and Safety During Transitions of Care
This presentation was given by Eric Coleman, MD, MPH, Jeffrey Greenwald, MD, Lakshmi Halasyamani, MD, and Mark V. Williams, MD members of Project BOOST (Better Outcomes for Older Adults in Safe Transitions) at the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2008 Annual Meeting in San Diego, Ca. It discusses the dangers and risks involved in hospital discharge. It provides information on the Project BOOST toolkit, designed to improve transitions of care which includes beneficial clinical tools and resources.  Project BOOST was designed to help implement these tools which are provided via the Resource Room.
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Improving Health Care Quality and Value: Hospitalists and the Quality Revolution
This slide set was presented by Donald M. Berwick, MD President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), during a plenary session at the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2008 Annual Meeting in San Diego, Ca. The presentation outlines the barriers and successes in the world of healthcare in regard to quality improvement. The presentation also outlines a new model to improve healthcare-“The Triple Aim”.
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Update in ACS
This slide set is from the lecture presented at the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2007 Annual Meeting by David Hillis, MD, Vice-Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, James M. Wooten Chair in Cardiology and Director of Clinical Cardiology in the Division of Cardiology. This slide set provides information on: ST Segment Elevation MI, Non-ST Segment Elevation MI, and Unstable Angina: Pathophysiology, Recognition and Therapy (minutes-hours, hours-days and days-weeks-months-years).
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Cardiac Controversies: Acute Coronary Syndromes, Heart Failure & More
This slide set is from the lecture presented at the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2006 Annual Meeting by Matthew Sorrentino, MD, FACC, Professor of Medicine in the Section of Cardiology at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. This slide set reviews trials and guidelines in the management of patients admitted to the hospital with cardiac conditions including ACS and ADHF. Focus is made on the timely addition of preventative modalities to reduce cardiovascular risk and prevent hospital re-admission.
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Strategies and Therapies for Reducing Ischemic and Vascular Events (STRIVE™)
STRIVE™ is a comprehensive medical education initiative with the goal of optimizing the management of cardiovascular disease and peripheral arterial disease. A wealth of resources is available on the STRIVE™ website including several PowerPoint presentations from past teleconferences.
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CHAMP (Curriculum for the Hospitalized Aging Medical Patient): The Ideal Hospital Discharge
The objectives of this slide set by Catherine E. DuBeau, MD, University of Chicago, are to: appreciate the impact of discharge quality and outcome on older patients, their caregivers, and all of the physicians who care for them, identify the components of an ideal discharge, implement effective discharge planning throughout the course of a hospital stay including: Lead team in multidisciplinary collaboration and communicate early with older patients and their families.

This slide set and other information on the CHAMP project can be found on the POGOe website in the Models of Care Hospital Care Section. Login is required.
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Improving the Discharge Process: Practical Lessons for Practical Clinicians
This slide set is from the lecture presented at the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2007 Annual Meeting by Jeff Greenwald, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Mark Williams, MD, Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. The objectives of this slide set are to: Identify some of the key literature important to the discharge process, describe the new NQF Safe Practice on discharge and SHM discharge checklist, and analyze areas where improvement in discharge processes may be made at your home institutions and recognize where to begin that change process.
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