RT Book, Section
A1 Budnitz, Tina
A1 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 Ross, John J.
A2 Dressler, Daniel D.
A2 Scheurer, Danielle B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1137625529
T1 The Core Competencies in Hospital Medicine
T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843133
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137625529
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  Society  of  Hospital  Medicine  (SHM)  defines  hospital  medicine  as  “a  medical  specialty  dedicated  to  the  delivery  of  comprehensive  medical  care  to  hospitalized  patients.”  The  role  of  hospitalist  was  initially  conceived  to  reduce  length  of  stay  and  the  cost  of  hospitalization  by  placing  physicians  dedicated  to  inpatient  care  in  the  hospital  for  most  of  the  day.  During  the  first  decade  of  the  hospitalist  movement,  the  scope  of  work  attributed  to  the  hospitalist  role  varied  considerably  from  one  practice  setting  to  another.  At  the  same  time,  the  Accreditation  Council  for  Graduate  Medical  Education  (ACGME)  acknowledged  training  gaps  in  six  main  competency  areas  for  the  evaluation  of  medical  trainees:  patient  care,  medical  knowledge,  practice-based  learning  improvement,  interpersonal  and  communication  skills,  professionalism,  and  system-based  learning.  Despite  embracing  the  importance  of  evidence-based  care  and  systems’  improvement,  especially  around  transitions  of  care  and  the  well-publicized  safety  and  quality  issues  facing  hospitalized  patients,  hospital  medicine  leaders  were  recruiting  physicians  from  traditional  residency  programs  that  had  not  adequately  prepared  them  for  their  new  roles.  These  physicians  required  additional  training  as  their  roles  evolved  with  the  expectation  that  they  would  improve  hospital  processes  that  affect  the  quality  of  inpatient  care,  patient  safety,  and  education  of  the  next  generation  of  physicians.