Course Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
Describe current state-of-the-art evidence-based clinical practice for key topics in adult and pediatric hospital medicine
Implement system changes to promote quality and improve patient safety
Address current challenges in academic and educational systems for improving hospital medicine
Discuss new policy, financial, ethical, legal, and management trends impacting inpatient care
Educational Tracks
Take a look at some of the new tracks we added this year!
Optimizing Care of Hospitalized Patients
Expert presenters share best practices and ideas to deliver maximal value in hospital-based care via improving care quality and minimizing cost in these sessions.
Past and Future of Hospital Medicine
Don’t miss this track featuring talks related to the history of medicine, our current practices as well as the future of hospital medicine.
Late Breaking
Catch up on the topics making the news and journals that impact our day-to-day practice.
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Academic/Research
This combined track is for hospitalists who practice in academic medical centers and face unique challenges, as well as for hospitalists in any setting interested in research. Every hospitalist, whether in a community or academic medical setting, who desires to bring greater rigor to their analysis as well as educational effectiveness will walk away from these sessions with new resources to implement.
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Clinical Updates
Expert clinicians and educators deliver evidence-based updates from the literature in topic areas relevant to hospitalists.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
These sessions will address healthcare disparities and biases and provide tools and strategies to foster an inclusive and equitable workplace.
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Early-Career
The Early Career Hospitalist track has been designed for new hospitalists, resident physicians and medical students interested in pursuing a career in Hospital Medicine. Designed by SHM’s physicians-in-training committee, which includes nationally recognized hospitalists with expertise in scholarship, career development, and medical education, this track aims to inspire future hospitalist leaders.
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Health Policy
These sessions will provide information about the processes of health policy development and implementation, and an overview of federal legislative and regulatory programs and processes that impact hospital medicine.
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IT
Content in this track features sessions on current and future technologies and tools that impact care delivery, practice efficiency, and provider and patient experience.
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Leadership
For those who are current or aspiring leaders this track focuses on topics related to the unique aspects of leading in the hospital. These talks are full of practical tips to boost your leadership acumen.
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NP/PA
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants are critical to hospital medicine care delivery. This half-day track will discuss best practices in NP/PA utilization and collaboration.
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Palliative Care
Hospitalists are optimally situated to provide palliative care to their patients. This track gives you tools to optimize your care of patients who would benefit from palliative care during or following their hospitalization.
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Pediatric
The Pediatric track offers a variety of clinical and systems-based topics. This track will feature sessions including clinical topics as well as things we do for no reason, pediatric style, and updates in topics important to those caring for children.
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Perioperative/Co-Management
These sessions provide learners with evidence based practices in medical management before and after surgery, including preoperative risk assessment and optimization, intraoperative issues that impact medical conditions, and postoperative management strategies, delivered by world class experts in perioperative medicine.
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Practice Management
The importance of organizational infrastructure related to the practice of hospital medicine is well recognized, and information in this area continues to accumulate. Join these sessions to learn more about optimizing your hospital medicine group’s practice.
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Quality
Given the importance of quality and patient safety in the delivery of healthcare, the Quality Track is offered to address the imperatives around development and implementation of improvement efforts in the hospital.
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Wellness
These sessions provide attendees with skills and perspectives to foster resilience, identify and mitigate burnout, and promote sustainability in practice and in life.
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Workshops
Featuring something for everyone, these are extended length sessions (90 minutes) held in smaller round-table settings for attendees to engage in a more interactive learning environment.
The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
SHM Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABIM MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 11.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
ABP MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 5.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.
AOA Credit Statement
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) has approved the program of the Society of Hospital Medicine for 17.75 AOA Category 2-A CME credits.
AAFP Credit Statement
The AAFP has reviewed SHM Converge 2024 and deemed it acceptable for up to 17.50 Live AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from 04/12/2024 to 04/15/2024.Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Please click here to view the list of sessions not eligible for AAFP credit.
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