Professional Development

Mentoring Program

SHM has several Professional Development programs designed to support Hospitalists and their teams improve transitions out of the hospital.

The mentoring program offers sites the opportunity to receive personalized guidance from a QI expert over the course of year.  Participating sites attend a day long training session followed by monthly calls with their mentor designed to support their progress implementing the BOOST intervention. 

Project BOOST is now accepting applications for the BOOST Mentoring Program!

Download your application now.  

The Project BOOST Mentoring Program

• Apply now selected to receive a year of mentoring and coaching from national experts to redesign your discharge process and improve patient safety and outcomes. Courtesy of the John A Hartford Foundation and the Society of Hospital Medicine, there is no fee for participation in this incredible opportunity. Selected sites will receive:
  • An invitation to participate in a 2 day training conference
  • The Project BOOST Toolkit
  • A year of mentoring provided via teleconferencing and e-mails to tailor the toolkit to the needs of your institution, implement it and evaluate its impact. 
  • Evaluation tools including run charts
  • Project management tools
  • Access to networking opportunities to share successes and challenges with peer sites
• Application Deadline: December 15, 2008. Rolling admissions apply.  
• Start Date: March 2009. 

SHM QI Training

Hospital Medicine 2009
Quality Improvement Skills Precourse
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Hyatt Regency -- Chicago
Chicago, IL

Quality Improvement Skills Course

8:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Course Overview:
The 2009 Quality Pre-Course has been re-designed to expose hospitalists of all experience levels to effective quality improvement projects. In an interactive format, multiple successful QI projects will be profiled by the hospitalists who have led them. Participants will have a chance to see key QI principles reappear in each project, while also gaining exposure to alternative strategies. The participant may choose from one of three sessions: VTE, Glycemic Control, or Care Transitions.

Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Describe how a hospitalist can communicate a vision to lead improvement in hospital care
• Describe the power of standardization, especially when coupled with high reliability strategies
• Describe features of a useful data system and how an effective multidisciplinary team can achieve specific performance goals

Visit the Hospital Medicine 2009 site for registration information