Brendon Shank joined the Society of Hospital Medicine in February 2011 and serves as Associate Vice President of Communications. He is responsible for maintaining a dialogue between SHM and its many audiences, including members, media and others in healthcare.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Names 2015 Excellence Award Winners
SHM recognizes hospitalists, healthcare leaders for outstanding contributions to HM
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Physician Residency Training Gets Boost from Quality Improvement Clinics
Although two Institute of Medicine reports say medical educators fall short on giving physician residents the skills they need to make sure...
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Hospitalists Can Help Create the Future of Hospital Medicine
Two years ago, then-SHM President Eric Howell, MD, SFHM, challenged society members to recruit 1,000 medical students and residents to the...
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Society of Hospital Medicine Connects Physicians in Training with Specialty
SHM is introducing the Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant, an award of $500 a week for the summer to cover salary support for a student project...
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Leaders in Hospital Medicine, Quality Improvement, Clinical Care to Attend HM15
Last year was a banner year for the hospital medicine movement: Hospitalist Vivek Murthy, MD, was confirmed as the U.S.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Offers Quality Improvement Tools for Hospitals
Whether you excel in the hospital room, the conference room, or the classroom, SHM’s quality improvement initiatives offer new tools featuring...
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HM15 At Hand Mobile App Helps Hospitalists Plan for Annual Meeting
Hospitalists are a mobile bunch. Many were early adopters of smartphones and tablet technology. That’s why SHM is once again offering an...
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Continuing Medical Education Opportunities at SHM Learning Portal, Leadership and Educators' Academy
If you can’t make it to HM15, there are lots of other opportunities for CME and ongoing education through SHM: SHM Learning Portal: Members can...
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Start Planning for Society of Hospital Medicine’s HM15 in March
“Super Bowl” of hospital medicine is less than three months away If you haven’t registered for the largest event in the hospital medicine...
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Society of Hospital Medicine To Offer New Programming, Savings, Opportunities at HM15
Now is the time to register, make travel arrangements, and book hotel rooms before the rush. Starting early means saving money: The deadline for...
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Society of Hospital Medicine Adds Young Hospitalist Educational Track at HM15
HM15 now has education sessions targeted to early-career hospitalists, trainees, and medical students. The sessions will take place March 30, 2015...
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Physicians-in-Training Committee Chair Outlines SHM's Young Hospitalist Track at HM15
[caption id="attachment_7182" align="alignleft" width="75"] Dr. Tad-y[/caption] For the first time, SHM’s annual meeting will feature a daylong...
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Society of Hospital Medicine Learning Portal Adds Information on Anticoagulants, Pediatrics
The SHM Learning Portal, the best destination for hospitalist CME, now offers new materials on two important topics: anticoagulants and pediatrics...
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Hospital Medicine Exchange Online Conversation Starter for Hospitalists
From finding the best scheduling software to glycemic control performance measures to staffing to workloads, Hospital Medicine Exchange has become...
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Society of Hospital Medicine Plans Events to Link Hospitalists-in-Training, HM Leaders
Whether it’s the acuity of patient conditions, interest in quality improvement, or work-life balance, more medical students and residents than...