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As hospital medicine is a broad and diverse topic, continuing medical education (CME) and training opportunities continue to expand for hospitalists. SHM compiles an ongoing list of recommended, hospital medicine-specific programs that we find to be of value to our members. The CME opportunities listed below are sponsored by other organizations.
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Additional Hospitalist-Specific Live and Virtual CME Opportunities
With the growth of the hospital medicine specialty, education and training opportunities continue to expand for hospitalists. In addition to SHM's conferences, various organizations host CME events that are relevant to our membership. Review the list below of upcoming SHM conferences of interest.
For a full listing of SHM-endorsed meetings, from local chapters to national conferences, visit the Event Calendar on the Hospital Medicine Exchange (HMX).
International Online Course on Health and Environment
April 2, 2024 - June 18, 2024 | Online Course
This course for health professionals, organized by the Portuguese Council for Health and Environment, in partnership with the Portuguese National School of Public Health and international organizations, aims to provide participants with a better understanding of the main environmental determinants of the future population health - including climate change, effective mitigation, and adaptation measures, ways to reduce the ecological footprint of the healthcare sector and to make health systems more resilient to these changes, and the responsibility of health professionals in this fight.
14th Annual Gateway Hospital Medicine Conference: Care of the Hospitalized Patient
May 2-4, 2024 | Eric P. Newman Education Center at Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
Washington University School of Medicine invites you to join them for the 14th Annual Gateway Hospital Medicine Conference, held on May 2-4, 2024. This 20-hour CME conference is designed to provide evidence-based presentations by national experts for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and pharmacists. In addition, there will be separate tracks offered with presentations focused on adult or pediatric hospital medicine.
This conference takes place at the Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC) at Washington University Medical Center by Barnes Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis with parking available onsite.
Cleveland Clinic Ultrasound Course: Integrating POCUS into Your Practice
May 8-11, 2024 | Cleveland Clinic Simulation and Advance Skills Center
The use of ultrasound to diagnose and guide procedures is growing rapidly and you don’t want to be left behind. This growth is primarily fueled by data indicating that ultrasound can improve the success rate of various procedures while decreasing complications. This course will provide you with current state-of-the-art techniques for diagnosis and guiding procedures. The skills you learn by attending this course can easily be incorporated into your current practice.
Objectives:
Wednesday, May 8th - Building a Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program
- Describe the components of successful point- of-care ultrasound programs
- Summarize process for image acquisition, machine utilization, and IT configuration
- Describe the importance of a training, quality improvement, and credentialing
- List components of billing and coding for various ultrasound exams
Thursday, May 9th – Diagnostic POCUS Day
- Summarize the basic science and diagnostic use of ultrasound imaging
- Describe the protocols, evaluation, and best use of echocardiography in critically ill patients
- Review the role of ultrasound in a focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) exam to assess for free fluid in the abdomen or around the heart
- Summarize the basics of using ultrasound to assess lungs
- Describe the most effective diagnostic use of ultrasound to assess for vascular abnormalities including aortic pathology and deep venous thrombosis
- Practice the evaluation of shock and respiratory failure with integration of skills utilizing the Rapid Ultrasound for Shock and Hypotension (RUSH) exam in a simulated setting
Friday, May 10th – Procedural POCUS Day
- Describe the fundamental principles, indications, and necessary equipment for ultrasound guided peripheral and central venous access
- Describe the fundamental principles, indications, and necessary equipment for ultrasound guided paracentesis, thoracentesis, and soft tissue aspiration
- Demonstrate competence for patient preparation, positioning, and needle placement for each of the ultrasound guided procedures listed above
- Recognize complications and discuss aftercare related to each of the ultrasound guided procedures listed above
Saturday, May 11th - Hands-on Simulation Workshops “RUSH” into your Practice: Assessing Critically Ill Patients in Shock
- Identify the hemodynamically compromised patient
- Describe the 3 components of the Rapid Ultrasound for Shock and Hypotension (RUSH) exam: Pump, Tank, Pipes
- Utilize the Rapid Ultrasound for Shock and Hypotension (RUSH) exam protocol in Simulation cases
- Explain the ultrasound findings seen in the 4 types of distributive shock Advanced Assessment of the Rapidly Decompensating Patient
- Describe how to perform VTI to assess cardiac output
- Perform challenge of passive leg raise to assess volume responsiveness
- Describe assessment of the IVC diameter and its interpretation during spontaneous breathing
UCSF Hospital Medicine: Evidence to Practice
June 19-21, 2024 | The Royal Hawaiian, Honolulu, HI
This course covers the clinical issues most relevant to hospitalists and other clinicians who care for inpatients. Taught by UCSF’s top teachers and selected guest faculty, the course highlights recent advances and current controversies. To promote active learning, the course will use a mobile audience response system. In addition, there will be dedicated review and consolidation sessions where key learning points will be reviewed.
The course includes broad content in infectious diseases (including updates in COVID), critical care, perioperative care, consult medicine, nephrology, and much more!
This course is presented by the UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine and is sponsored by the Office of Continuing Medical Education, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.
2nd Annual Updates in Hospital Medicine Conference
October 4-6, 2024 | 7am - 4pm | UT Health San Antonio Division of Hospital Medicine | San Antonio, TX
The Division of Hospital Medicine at the Long School of Medicine, University of Texas, San Antonio invites you to attend the 2nd annual Updates in Hospital Medicine conference in beautiful San Antonio. This 2.5-day conference features highly relevant talks in hospital medicine for physicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacists and nurses. Also offered are two interactive 2-hour workshops on ultrasound guided paracentesis and thoracentesis. Conference venue is located close to key San Antonio attractions such as Sea World, with other iconic landmarks such as the river walk and Alamo at a short driving distance.
This conference is designed to update providers caring for hospitalized adult patients on the most current diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for inpatient care. The course will also include relevant content related to diversity, equity and inclusion, physician wellness, and pain management. Workshops will be offered where participants will learn how to use point of care ultrasound to practice procedural skills. This conference will provide CME, Ethics, MOC II and Pain Management credits!
16 CME credits available
2024 NIDUS Delirium Boot Camp
October 27-29, 2024 | The Rizzo Conference Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Now in its 12th year, the NIDUS Delirium Boot Camp is open to early-career faculty and research fellows from a variety of backgrounds, professions, and research areas. As in previous years, the 2024 Boot Camp will feature an inter-professional faculty of more than 15 nationally recognized translational and clinical delirium researchers.
Although the 2024 theme is, "Delirium and ADRD: Research Gaps and Opportunities" the program will is not specifically limited to the ADRD area, and submitted proposals do NOT have to be ADRD-focused. Delirium-related proposals from various interventions, settings, and populations are encouraged including animal models, biomarkers, epidemiology, pilot clinical studies, and implementation science.
18th Annual Mayo Clinic Hospital Medicine: Managing Complex Patients
November 1 - 4, 2023 | Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development
Hospital medicine requires a diverse skill set. Hospital-based healthcare providers must be able to diagnose and manage a wide variety of clinical conditions, coordinate transitions of care, provide perioperative management to surgical patients, and contribute to quality improvement and hospital administration. This program is specifically designed to ensure participants augment their knowledge and skills to meet these challenges in the management of complex hospital care, enhance healthcare delivery and lead in the hospital environment.
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should have up-to-date new knowledge in important hospital medicine topics including being able to:
- Recognize clinical features of urgent and emergent oncologic conditions
- Develop an approach to valvular disease in hospitalized patients
- Select an appropriate initial treatment for COPD exacerbation in the hospital
- Identify consequences associated with workplace violence in healthcare
- Employ a rational approach to the use of telemetry in the hospital
- Choose an evidence-based approach to hyperglycemia in hospitalized diabetic patients
Columbia University & New York-Presbyterian Presents: Updates in Hospital Medicine
November 8, 2024 | Columbia University & New York-Presbyterian
Program Overview The Update in Hospital Medicine Conference on November 8, 2024 is designed to provide attendees with the information and skills to improve the care of hospitalized patients. The conference's focus is on the practical management of problems commonly encountered in hospital medicine. An emphasis will be placed on recent advances, up-to-date practices, and guidelines for inpatient care. This 1-day CME conference will provide attendees with AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
At the completion of this activity, participants should be better prepared to: Provide an accurate diagnostic assessment for a broad range of disorders commonly seen in the inpatient setting. Utilize current guidelines in the management of commonly encountered therapeutic issues presented by the hospitalized patient. Formulate comprehensive evidence-based interventions and treatment strategies that will lead to the reduction of modifiable risk factors and improved outcomes. This conference is designed for a target audience of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and other healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of hospitalized patients.
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