Experts offer HM19 ‘must-see’ tips

There are about as many sessions at HM19 as there are cherry blossoms on the springtime trees in the nation’s capital. Attendees are bound to find something they love – probably too many somethings, in fact.

Fear not. Seasoned experts are here to ease your struggle with suggestions for sessions they consider the best of the best and tips on getting the most out of the conference.

“Download the HM19 At Hand app to plan your conference schedule, rate speakers and sessions, and participate in audience-response systems,” said Dustin Smith, MD, SFHM, the HM19 course director and associate professor of medicine at Emory University, Atlanta. “Read the track descriptions first before reviewing the individual sessions to determine which educational tracks initially pique your interest. Don’t be wedded to one track; pick and choose sessions from the different tracks to curate a schedule that best fits your educational needs.”

SHM staff and Annual Conference committee members will be easily identifiable and eager to help on site, Dr. Smith added.

HM19 was the first Annual Conference for which SHM issued a call for content to members and nonmembers alike. The contributions yielded a few new offerings. A new Clinical Mastery track includes sessions for hospitalists wanting to enhance or refine their skills in an effort to achieve a master clinician designation, Dr. Smith said, while the new Between the Guidelines track explores clinical conundrums and lessons from history that may not be covered in clinical practice guidelines.

There also is a new Palliative Care and Pain Management pre-course and a new course on emergent airway management, Dr. Smith noted. His suggestions for sessions that are new, have a new format, or are particularly timely, are too numerous to list in full but include a fun “Medical Jeopardy” session (Wednesday, 9:10 – 9:50 a.m., Maryland C), sessions on discharge dilemmas (Monday, 11:25 a.m. to 12:05 p.m., Maryland BD/4-6) and LGBTQ health (Wednesday, 10:50 to 11:30 a.m., Maryland BD/4-6) and the workshop “Being Fe(male) in Hospital Medicine Part 2: Diversifying the Discussion” (Tuesday, 2:10 to 3:40 p.m., Potomac 1-3).

The Hospitalist polled its editorial advisory board members for each of their top two suggestions for “must-see” sessions:

Raman Palabindala, MD, SFHM, hospital medicine division chief at the University of Mississippi Medical Center

“A Battle Plan Against Career Inertia: A Blueprint for an Education Series to Retain Hospitalists, Reduce Burnout and Advance Careers” (Monday, 10:35 a.m. – 12:05 p.m., Potomac 1-3)
“I strongly recommend this to all hospitalist leaders – in big or small programs – given the importance of burnout in recent years. [Speaker] Dan Hunt is one of the best,” Dr. Palabindala said.

Special Interest Forums (Monday, 4:30 – 5:25 p.m., Tuesday, 5:30 – 6:25 p.m., multiple rooms)
Dr. Palabindala said these are valuable, small sessions when you have a focused interest in a certain topic – whether IT, academics, policy, or others.
“This is the best place to make contacts with national leaders,” he said. “Be proactive in confirming your spot.”


 

James Kim, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Emory University

“Delirium and Dementia in the Inpatient Setting” (Tuesday, 11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Maryland BD/4-6)
“This session is a repeat from previous years, but it is an engaging lecture with a lot of great material,” Dr. Kim said. “It has changed my approach to my practice of inpatients.”

“The Role of Primary Palliative Care in Complex, Chronic Disease Management” (Tuesday, 3:50 – 4:50 p.m., National Harbor 12-13)
“As the population grows older, palliative care’s role in disease management is going to become more important,” he said. “I watched one of Dr. [Aziz] Ansari’s lectures in a previous SHM meeting, and he delivers a dynamic presentation that is both informative and entertaining.”
 

Hyung (Harry) Cho, MD, SFHM, chief value officer at NYC Health + Hospitals

“Tweet your Way to the Top? Social Media as a Career Development Tool in Hospital Medicine” (Monday, 12:45 – 2:15 p.m., Potomac 1-3)
This includes a team of presenters who are experienced in the use of Twitter in conjunction with the Journal of Hospital Medicine, Dr. Cho said.

“Research Shark Tank” (Monday, 1:35 – 2:35 p.m., Baltimore 3-5)
This session involves judging and critiquing the latest research proposals with “contestants” in a Shark Tank format. Among the judges is Andrew Auerbach, MD, SFHM, past editor of the JHM. It “looks very engaging,” Dr. Cho said.

Lonika Sood, MD, FHM, clinical education director of internal medicine at Washington State University

“Making Your Educational Activities Count Twice: What it Takes These Days to Publish in Medical Education Journals” (Wednesday, 8:40 – 9:40 a.m., Baltimore 3-5)
“This is an important topic for clinician educators who are interested in taking a scholarly approach to their teaching,” Dr. Sood said. “Having some form of a framework to guide us in the direction of publishing our hard work will be very helpful.”“Managing the Hidden Curriculum: Do

You Know What You’re Teaching?” (Monday, 10:35 – 11:35 a.m., Baltimore 3-5)
“This is also an important, yet ‘hidden’ topic for the clinician educator when they are in the clinical environment with learners. Having hospitalists be aware of what is actually being ‘learned’ as opposed to what they think is being ‘taught’ on the wards is a critical part of the teaching process.”
 

Raj Sehgal, MD, FHM, clinical associate professor at South Texas Veterans Health Care System and UT Health San Antonio

“Call Night: Common Scenarios Encountered and Strategies to Make It Through the Night” (Monday, 10:35 – 11:15 a.m., Annapolis) and “Nocturnal Admissions: Cases That Keep Me Up at Night” (Monday, 2 – 2:40 p.m., Maryland A/1-3)
“I’m glad to see several different sessions about issues hospitalists face when working nights,” Dr. Sehgal said. “After all, most hours of the week are actually ‘off-hours’ (nights and weekends), so it’s important to focus on how care is delivered during these times. Even though we see the same diagnoses regardless of the time of day, our management is often very different because of external forces, such as the availability of tests and consultants.”

Marina Farah, MD, MHA, a national expert on improving clinical quality, cost, and efficiency

"Delivering Population Health as a Hospitalist in a Value-Based Healthcare Era” (Monday, 3:45 – 4:25 p.m., Maryland A/1-3)
“Hospital care is responsible for a third of the U.S. health care spending,” Dr. Farah said. “Hospitalists serve 75% of total hospital patients and have a unique perspective and power to drive national health care outcomes. This session will offer guidance on what hospitalists can do to improve population health, decrease total cost of care, and succeed under value-based reimbursement models.”

“Things We Do for No Reason: The 2019 Clinical Update for Hospitalists” (Tuesday, 11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Woodrow Wilson)
“Every hospitalist needs to know clinical practices that aren’t evidence-based, costly, and do not improve patient outcomes,” she said.

Amith Skandhan, MD, SFHM, assistant professor and medical director/clinical liaison for clinical documentation improvement at Southeast Health Medical Center

“How To Be a Great Teaching Attending” (Wednesday, 10 – 10:40 a.m., Maryland C)
“Being an academic hospitalist, I look up to great inpatient teachers,” Dr. Skandhan said. “Dr. [Jeffrey] Wiese has an amazing presence when he talks. His book on bedside teaching has been quite a guide for me as I embarked on my journey as a teacher.”

“Amplify Your Impact: Leverage Data to Accelerate Your Efforts in Quality Improvement” (Tuesday, 3:50 – 5:20 p.m., Potomac 1-3)
“Hospital medicine is a fairly new branch of medicine, and we are now the leaders of inpatient quality improvement,” he said. “To understand data and to convert it to useful information that can be utilized in quality improvement strategies would be great.”

Danielle Scheurer, MD, SFHM, physician editor of The Hospitalist and chief quality officer, Medical University of South Carolina

“Top New Guidelines Every Hospitalist Needs to Know in Clinical Practice” (Monday, 10:35 - 11:15 a.m., Woodrow Wilson)
“It’s important to remain up to date on all the new guideline releases.”“

Your Hospital, Your Group and Yourself: Opportunities for Promoting Well Being and Reducing Burnout” (Monday, 1:35 - 2:35 p.m., National Harbor 12-13)
“This session will help you and your teams to garner ideas and tactics for reducing the prevalence of burnout,” she said.

For more information on the HM19 education sessions, check the latest version of the conference schedule at https://shmannualconference.org/interactive-schedule/ .

There are about as many sessions at HM19 as there are cherry blossoms on the springtime trees in the nation’s capital. Attendees are bound to find something they love – probably too many somethings, in fact.

Fear not. Seasoned experts are here to ease your struggle with suggestions for sessions they consider the best of the best and tips on getting the most out of the conference.

“Download the HM19 At Hand app to plan your conference schedule, rate speakers and sessions, and participate in audience-response systems,” said Dustin Smith, MD, SFHM, the HM19 course director and associate professor of medicine at Emory University, Atlanta. “Read the track descriptions first before reviewing the individual sessions to determine which educational tracks initially pique your interest. Don’t be wedded to one track; pick and choose sessions from the different tracks to curate a schedule that best fits your educational needs.”

SHM staff and Annual Conference committee members will be easily identifiable and eager to help on site, Dr. Smith added.

HM19 was the first Annual Conference for which SHM issued a call for content to members and nonmembers alike. The contributions yielded a few new offerings. A new Clinical Mastery track includes sessions for hospitalists wanting to enhance or refine their skills in an effort to achieve a master clinician designation, Dr. Smith said, while the new Between the Guidelines track explores clinical conundrums and lessons from history that may not be covered in clinical practice guidelines.

There also is a new Palliative Care and Pain Management pre-course and a new course on emergent airway management, Dr. Smith noted. His suggestions for sessions that are new, have a new format, or are particularly timely, are too numerous to list in full but include a fun “Medical Jeopardy” session (Wednesday, 9:10 – 9:50 a.m., Maryland C), sessions on discharge dilemmas (Monday, 11:25 a.m. to 12:05 p.m., Maryland BD/4-6) and LGBTQ health (Wednesday, 10:50 to 11:30 a.m., Maryland BD/4-6) and the workshop “Being Fe(male) in Hospital Medicine Part 2: Diversifying the Discussion” (Tuesday, 2:10 to 3:40 p.m., Potomac 1-3).

The Hospitalist polled its editorial advisory board members for each of their top two suggestions for “must-see” sessions:

Raman Palabindala, MD, SFHM, hospital medicine division chief at the University of Mississippi Medical Center

“A Battle Plan Against Career Inertia: A Blueprint for an Education Series to Retain Hospitalists, Reduce Burnout and Advance Careers” (Monday, 10:35 a.m. – 12:05 p.m., Potomac 1-3)
“I strongly recommend this to all hospitalist leaders – in big or small programs – given the importance of burnout in recent years. [Speaker] Dan Hunt is one of the best,” Dr. Palabindala said.

Special Interest Forums (Monday, 4:30 – 5:25 p.m., Tuesday, 5:30 – 6:25 p.m., multiple rooms)
Dr. Palabindala said these are valuable, small sessions when you have a focused interest in a certain topic – whether IT, academics, policy, or others.
“This is the best place to make contacts with national leaders,” he said. “Be proactive in confirming your spot.”


 

James Kim, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Emory University

“Delirium and Dementia in the Inpatient Setting” (Tuesday, 11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Maryland BD/4-6)
“This session is a repeat from previous years, but it is an engaging lecture with a lot of great material,” Dr. Kim said. “It has changed my approach to my practice of inpatients.”

“The Role of Primary Palliative Care in Complex, Chronic Disease Management” (Tuesday, 3:50 – 4:50 p.m., National Harbor 12-13)
“As the population grows older, palliative care’s role in disease management is going to become more important,” he said. “I watched one of Dr. [Aziz] Ansari’s lectures in a previous SHM meeting, and he delivers a dynamic presentation that is both informative and entertaining.”
 

Hyung (Harry) Cho, MD, SFHM, chief value officer at NYC Health + Hospitals

“Tweet your Way to the Top? Social Media as a Career Development Tool in Hospital Medicine” (Monday, 12:45 – 2:15 p.m., Potomac 1-3)
This includes a team of presenters who are experienced in the use of Twitter in conjunction with the Journal of Hospital Medicine, Dr. Cho said.

“Research Shark Tank” (Monday, 1:35 – 2:35 p.m., Baltimore 3-5)
This session involves judging and critiquing the latest research proposals with “contestants” in a Shark Tank format. Among the judges is Andrew Auerbach, MD, SFHM, past editor of the JHM. It “looks very engaging,” Dr. Cho said.

Lonika Sood, MD, FHM, clinical education director of internal medicine at Washington State University

“Making Your Educational Activities Count Twice: What it Takes These Days to Publish in Medical Education Journals” (Wednesday, 8:40 – 9:40 a.m., Baltimore 3-5)
“This is an important topic for clinician educators who are interested in taking a scholarly approach to their teaching,” Dr. Sood said. “Having some form of a framework to guide us in the direction of publishing our hard work will be very helpful.”“Managing the Hidden Curriculum: Do

You Know What You’re Teaching?” (Monday, 10:35 – 11:35 a.m., Baltimore 3-5)
“This is also an important, yet ‘hidden’ topic for the clinician educator when they are in the clinical environment with learners. Having hospitalists be aware of what is actually being ‘learned’ as opposed to what they think is being ‘taught’ on the wards is a critical part of the teaching process.”
 

Raj Sehgal, MD, FHM, clinical associate professor at South Texas Veterans Health Care System and UT Health San Antonio

“Call Night: Common Scenarios Encountered and Strategies to Make It Through the Night” (Monday, 10:35 – 11:15 a.m., Annapolis) and “Nocturnal Admissions: Cases That Keep Me Up at Night” (Monday, 2 – 2:40 p.m., Maryland A/1-3)
“I’m glad to see several different sessions about issues hospitalists face when working nights,” Dr. Sehgal said. “After all, most hours of the week are actually ‘off-hours’ (nights and weekends), so it’s important to focus on how care is delivered during these times. Even though we see the same diagnoses regardless of the time of day, our management is often very different because of external forces, such as the availability of tests and consultants.”

Marina Farah, MD, MHA, a national expert on improving clinical quality, cost, and efficiency

"Delivering Population Health as a Hospitalist in a Value-Based Healthcare Era” (Monday, 3:45 – 4:25 p.m., Maryland A/1-3)
“Hospital care is responsible for a third of the U.S. health care spending,” Dr. Farah said. “Hospitalists serve 75% of total hospital patients and have a unique perspective and power to drive national health care outcomes. This session will offer guidance on what hospitalists can do to improve population health, decrease total cost of care, and succeed under value-based reimbursement models.”

“Things We Do for No Reason: The 2019 Clinical Update for Hospitalists” (Tuesday, 11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Woodrow Wilson)
“Every hospitalist needs to know clinical practices that aren’t evidence-based, costly, and do not improve patient outcomes,” she said.

Amith Skandhan, MD, SFHM, assistant professor and medical director/clinical liaison for clinical documentation improvement at Southeast Health Medical Center

“How To Be a Great Teaching Attending” (Wednesday, 10 – 10:40 a.m., Maryland C)
“Being an academic hospitalist, I look up to great inpatient teachers,” Dr. Skandhan said. “Dr. [Jeffrey] Wiese has an amazing presence when he talks. His book on bedside teaching has been quite a guide for me as I embarked on my journey as a teacher.”

“Amplify Your Impact: Leverage Data to Accelerate Your Efforts in Quality Improvement” (Tuesday, 3:50 – 5:20 p.m., Potomac 1-3)
“Hospital medicine is a fairly new branch of medicine, and we are now the leaders of inpatient quality improvement,” he said. “To understand data and to convert it to useful information that can be utilized in quality improvement strategies would be great.”

Danielle Scheurer, MD, SFHM, physician editor of The Hospitalist and chief quality officer, Medical University of South Carolina

“Top New Guidelines Every Hospitalist Needs to Know in Clinical Practice” (Monday, 10:35 - 11:15 a.m., Woodrow Wilson)
“It’s important to remain up to date on all the new guideline releases.”“

Your Hospital, Your Group and Yourself: Opportunities for Promoting Well Being and Reducing Burnout” (Monday, 1:35 - 2:35 p.m., National Harbor 12-13)
“This session will help you and your teams to garner ideas and tactics for reducing the prevalence of burnout,” she said.

For more information on the HM19 education sessions, check the latest version of the conference schedule at https://shmannualconference.org/interactive-schedule/ .

There are about as many sessions at HM19 as there are cherry blossoms on the springtime trees in the nation’s capital. Attendees are bound to find something they love – probably too many somethings, in fact.

Fear not. Seasoned experts are here to ease your struggle with suggestions for sessions they consider the best of the best and tips on getting the most out of the conference.

“Download the HM19 At Hand app to plan your conference schedule, rate speakers and sessions, and participate in audience-response systems,” said Dustin Smith, MD, SFHM, the HM19 course director and associate professor of medicine at Emory University, Atlanta. “Read the track descriptions first before reviewing the individual sessions to determine which educational tracks initially pique your interest. Don’t be wedded to one track; pick and choose sessions from the different tracks to curate a schedule that best fits your educational needs.”

SHM staff and Annual Conference committee members will be easily identifiable and eager to help on site, Dr. Smith added.

HM19 was the first Annual Conference for which SHM issued a call for content to members and nonmembers alike. The contributions yielded a few new offerings. A new Clinical Mastery track includes sessions for hospitalists wanting to enhance or refine their skills in an effort to achieve a master clinician designation, Dr. Smith said, while the new Between the Guidelines track explores clinical conundrums and lessons from history that may not be covered in clinical practice guidelines.

There also is a new Palliative Care and Pain Management pre-course and a new course on emergent airway management, Dr. Smith noted. His suggestions for sessions that are new, have a new format, or are particularly timely, are too numerous to list in full but include a fun “Medical Jeopardy” session (Wednesday, 9:10 – 9:50 a.m., Maryland C), sessions on discharge dilemmas (Monday, 11:25 a.m. to 12:05 p.m., Maryland BD/4-6) and LGBTQ health (Wednesday, 10:50 to 11:30 a.m., Maryland BD/4-6) and the workshop “Being Fe(male) in Hospital Medicine Part 2: Diversifying the Discussion” (Tuesday, 2:10 to 3:40 p.m., Potomac 1-3).

The Hospitalist polled its editorial advisory board members for each of their top two suggestions for “must-see” sessions:

Raman Palabindala, MD, SFHM, hospital medicine division chief at the University of Mississippi Medical Center

“A Battle Plan Against Career Inertia: A Blueprint for an Education Series to Retain Hospitalists, Reduce Burnout and Advance Careers” (Monday, 10:35 a.m. – 12:05 p.m., Potomac 1-3)
“I strongly recommend this to all hospitalist leaders – in big or small programs – given the importance of burnout in recent years. [Speaker] Dan Hunt is one of the best,” Dr. Palabindala said.

Special Interest Forums (Monday, 4:30 – 5:25 p.m., Tuesday, 5:30 – 6:25 p.m., multiple rooms)
Dr. Palabindala said these are valuable, small sessions when you have a focused interest in a certain topic – whether IT, academics, policy, or others.
“This is the best place to make contacts with national leaders,” he said. “Be proactive in confirming your spot.”


 

James Kim, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Emory University

“Delirium and Dementia in the Inpatient Setting” (Tuesday, 11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Maryland BD/4-6)
“This session is a repeat from previous years, but it is an engaging lecture with a lot of great material,” Dr. Kim said. “It has changed my approach to my practice of inpatients.”

“The Role of Primary Palliative Care in Complex, Chronic Disease Management” (Tuesday, 3:50 – 4:50 p.m., National Harbor 12-13)
“As the population grows older, palliative care’s role in disease management is going to become more important,” he said. “I watched one of Dr. [Aziz] Ansari’s lectures in a previous SHM meeting, and he delivers a dynamic presentation that is both informative and entertaining.”
 

Hyung (Harry) Cho, MD, SFHM, chief value officer at NYC Health + Hospitals

“Tweet your Way to the Top? Social Media as a Career Development Tool in Hospital Medicine” (Monday, 12:45 – 2:15 p.m., Potomac 1-3)
This includes a team of presenters who are experienced in the use of Twitter in conjunction with the Journal of Hospital Medicine, Dr. Cho said.

“Research Shark Tank” (Monday, 1:35 – 2:35 p.m., Baltimore 3-5)
This session involves judging and critiquing the latest research proposals with “contestants” in a Shark Tank format. Among the judges is Andrew Auerbach, MD, SFHM, past editor of the JHM. It “looks very engaging,” Dr. Cho said.

Lonika Sood, MD, FHM, clinical education director of internal medicine at Washington State University

“Making Your Educational Activities Count Twice: What it Takes These Days to Publish in Medical Education Journals” (Wednesday, 8:40 – 9:40 a.m., Baltimore 3-5)
“This is an important topic for clinician educators who are interested in taking a scholarly approach to their teaching,” Dr. Sood said. “Having some form of a framework to guide us in the direction of publishing our hard work will be very helpful.”“Managing the Hidden Curriculum: Do

You Know What You’re Teaching?” (Monday, 10:35 – 11:35 a.m., Baltimore 3-5)
“This is also an important, yet ‘hidden’ topic for the clinician educator when they are in the clinical environment with learners. Having hospitalists be aware of what is actually being ‘learned’ as opposed to what they think is being ‘taught’ on the wards is a critical part of the teaching process.”
 

Raj Sehgal, MD, FHM, clinical associate professor at South Texas Veterans Health Care System and UT Health San Antonio

“Call Night: Common Scenarios Encountered and Strategies to Make It Through the Night” (Monday, 10:35 – 11:15 a.m., Annapolis) and “Nocturnal Admissions: Cases That Keep Me Up at Night” (Monday, 2 – 2:40 p.m., Maryland A/1-3)
“I’m glad to see several different sessions about issues hospitalists face when working nights,” Dr. Sehgal said. “After all, most hours of the week are actually ‘off-hours’ (nights and weekends), so it’s important to focus on how care is delivered during these times. Even though we see the same diagnoses regardless of the time of day, our management is often very different because of external forces, such as the availability of tests and consultants.”

Marina Farah, MD, MHA, a national expert on improving clinical quality, cost, and efficiency

"Delivering Population Health as a Hospitalist in a Value-Based Healthcare Era” (Monday, 3:45 – 4:25 p.m., Maryland A/1-3)
“Hospital care is responsible for a third of the U.S. health care spending,” Dr. Farah said. “Hospitalists serve 75% of total hospital patients and have a unique perspective and power to drive national health care outcomes. This session will offer guidance on what hospitalists can do to improve population health, decrease total cost of care, and succeed under value-based reimbursement models.”

“Things We Do for No Reason: The 2019 Clinical Update for Hospitalists” (Tuesday, 11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Woodrow Wilson)
“Every hospitalist needs to know clinical practices that aren’t evidence-based, costly, and do not improve patient outcomes,” she said.

Amith Skandhan, MD, SFHM, assistant professor and medical director/clinical liaison for clinical documentation improvement at Southeast Health Medical Center

“How To Be a Great Teaching Attending” (Wednesday, 10 – 10:40 a.m., Maryland C)
“Being an academic hospitalist, I look up to great inpatient teachers,” Dr. Skandhan said. “Dr. [Jeffrey] Wiese has an amazing presence when he talks. His book on bedside teaching has been quite a guide for me as I embarked on my journey as a teacher.”

“Amplify Your Impact: Leverage Data to Accelerate Your Efforts in Quality Improvement” (Tuesday, 3:50 – 5:20 p.m., Potomac 1-3)
“Hospital medicine is a fairly new branch of medicine, and we are now the leaders of inpatient quality improvement,” he said. “To understand data and to convert it to useful information that can be utilized in quality improvement strategies would be great.”

Danielle Scheurer, MD, SFHM, physician editor of The Hospitalist and chief quality officer, Medical University of South Carolina

“Top New Guidelines Every Hospitalist Needs to Know in Clinical Practice” (Monday, 10:35 - 11:15 a.m., Woodrow Wilson)
“It’s important to remain up to date on all the new guideline releases.”“

Your Hospital, Your Group and Yourself: Opportunities for Promoting Well Being and Reducing Burnout” (Monday, 1:35 - 2:35 p.m., National Harbor 12-13)
“This session will help you and your teams to garner ideas and tactics for reducing the prevalence of burnout,” she said.

For more information on the HM19 education sessions, check the latest version of the conference schedule at https://shmannualconference.org/interactive-schedule/ .