The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) is a medical society comprised of hospitalists that exists to promote exceptional care for hospitalized patients.
The purpose of SHM’s education program is to provide high-quality, evidence-based educational opportunities that enhance practice performance, in support of the organizational mission to improve patient care for hospitalized patients.
SHM provides both live and online learning opportunities based on the Hospital Medicine Core Competencies, and specifically those identified in regular needs assessment as gaps in training. Content areas include clinical practice, procedures, health systems and practice management topics.
Activity formats vary depending on audience need and curricular appropriateness. Formats may include the following:
SHM assesses need for all CME activities using prior year evaluations, independent expert panels, regular needs assessment surveys, and the Hospital Medicine Core Competencies. SHM evaluates each CME activity based on participation rates, achievement of educational objectives, participant satisfaction, participant statement of knowledge enhancement, intention to improve patient care, and, where applicable, performance improvement.