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As hospital medicine is a broad and diverse topic, continuing medical education (CME) and training opportunities continue to expand for hospitalists. SHM compiles an ongoing list of recommended, hospital medicine-specific programs that we find to be of value to our members. The CME opportunities listed below are sponsored by other organizations.
To post an activity, please visit SHM's submission form.
Additional Hospitalist-Specific Live and Virtual CME Opportunities
With the growth of the hospital medicine specialty, education and training opportunities continue to expand for hospitalists. In addition to SHM's conferences, various organizations host CME events that are relevant to our membership. Review the list below of upcoming SHM conferences of interest.
For a full listing of SHM-endorsed meetings, from local chapters to national conferences, visit the Event Calendar on the Hospital Medicine Exchange (HMX).
International Online Course on Health and Environment
April 2, 2024 - June 18, 2024 | Online Course
This course for health professionals, organized by the Portuguese Council for Health and Environment, in partnership with the Portuguese National School of Public Health and international organizations, aims to provide participants with a better understanding of the main environmental determinants of the future population health - including climate change, effective mitigation, and adaptation measures, ways to reduce the ecological footprint of the healthcare sector and to make health systems more resilient to these changes, and the responsibility of health professionals in this fight.
UCSF Hospital Medicine: Evidence to Practice
June 19-21, 2024 | The Royal Hawaiian, Honolulu, HI
This course covers the clinical issues most relevant to hospitalists and other clinicians who care for inpatients. Taught by UCSF’s top teachers and selected guest faculty, the course highlights recent advances and current controversies. To promote active learning, the course will use a mobile audience response system. In addition, there will be dedicated review and consolidation sessions where key learning points will be reviewed.
The course includes broad content in infectious diseases (including updates in COVID), critical care, perioperative care, consult medicine, nephrology, and much more!
This course is presented by the UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine and is sponsored by the Office of Continuing Medical Education, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.
Internal Medicine and Hospitalist Update at Hilton Head
July 22-25, 2024 | 7:30am - 1:00pm | Duke University Hospitalist Program | Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head, SC
Duke University Hospitalists extend a warm invitation to hospitalists nationwide, inviting them to join our team amidst the picturesque setting of Sea Pines Resort in Hilton Head, SC. This exclusive gathering offers 16 hours of Continuing Medical Education (CME) tailored for the hospitalist community. Set against the backdrop of the serene coastal landscape, our lectures will delve into the intricacies of inpatient medicine, covering a diverse array of topics vital to enhancing clinical practice and patient care. Immerse yourself in a stimulating environment that fosters learning, networking, and professional growth, all while enjoying the tranquil charm of Hilton Head's renowned shores.
Objectives:
- Review and discuss best practices for several medical conditions that are common for the hospitalist or advanced practice provider who practices in the inpatient setting.
- Learn how mortality review can lead to quality improvement opportunities.
- Review the latest data and evidence impacting inpatient care.
16 AMA/MOC credits available
12th Management of the Complex Hospitalized Patient
August 2-3, 2024 | Austin Hill Country Family Resort | Hyatt Regency Lost Pines | Austin - Lost Pines, TX
The Management of the Complex Hospitalized Patient activity is designed to provide physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners with information and skills to improve their care of hospitalized patients. Topics presented will focus on special populations, such as geriatrics, and medical problems that span a spectrum of sub-specialties, such as end-of-life care, addiction medicine, and fluid management in the ICU. In addition, it will examine growing trends such as accountable care organizations and information technology systems and what that means for our patient population and care. The activity will address upcoming regulatory changes and review existing definitions.
Organized by Baylor Scott & White Health and past leaders of SHM's Central Texas Chapter, the event will feature renowned speakers including Ruby Sahoo, DO, MBA, FACP, SFHM, Secretary of SHM Board of Directors.
The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
2nd Annual Updates in Hospital Medicine Conference
October 4-6, 2024 | 7am - 4pm | UT Health San Antonio Division of Hospital Medicine | San Antonio, TX
The Division of Hospital Medicine at the Long School of Medicine, University of Texas, San Antonio invites you to attend the 2nd annual Updates in Hospital Medicine conference in beautiful San Antonio. This 2.5-day conference features highly relevant talks in hospital medicine for physicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacists and nurses. Also offered are two interactive 2-hour workshops on ultrasound guided paracentesis and thoracentesis. Conference venue is located close to key San Antonio attractions such as Sea World, with other iconic landmarks such as the river walk and Alamo at a short driving distance.
This conference is designed to update providers caring for hospitalized adult patients on the most current diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for inpatient care. The course will also include relevant content related to diversity, equity and inclusion, physician wellness, and pain management. Workshops will be offered where participants will learn how to use point of care ultrasound to practice procedural skills. This conference will provide CME, Ethics, MOC II and Pain Management credits!
16 CME credits available
2024 NIDUS Delirium Boot Camp
October 27-29, 2024 | The Rizzo Conference Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Now in its 12th year, the NIDUS Delirium Boot Camp is open to early-career faculty and research fellows from a variety of backgrounds, professions, and research areas. As in previous years, the 2024 Boot Camp will feature an inter-professional faculty of more than 15 nationally recognized translational and clinical delirium researchers.
Although the 2024 theme is, "Delirium and ADRD: Research Gaps and Opportunities" the program will is not specifically limited to the ADRD area, and submitted proposals do NOT have to be ADRD-focused. Delirium-related proposals from various interventions, settings, and populations are encouraged including animal models, biomarkers, epidemiology, pilot clinical studies, and implementation science.
18th Annual Mayo Clinic Hospital Medicine: Managing Complex Patients
November 1 - 4, 2023 | Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development
Hospital medicine requires a diverse skill set. Hospital-based healthcare providers must be able to diagnose and manage a wide variety of clinical conditions, coordinate transitions of care, provide perioperative management to surgical patients, and contribute to quality improvement and hospital administration. This program is specifically designed to ensure participants augment their knowledge and skills to meet these challenges in the management of complex hospital care, enhance healthcare delivery and lead in the hospital environment.
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should have up-to-date new knowledge in important hospital medicine topics including being able to:
- Recognize clinical features of urgent and emergent oncologic conditions
- Develop an approach to valvular disease in hospitalized patients
- Select an appropriate initial treatment for COPD exacerbation in the hospital
- Identify consequences associated with workplace violence in healthcare
- Employ a rational approach to the use of telemetry in the hospital
- Choose an evidence-based approach to hyperglycemia in hospitalized diabetic patients
Columbia University & New York-Presbyterian Presents: Updates in Hospital Medicine
November 8, 2024 | Columbia University & New York-Presbyterian
Program Overview The Update in Hospital Medicine Conference on November 8, 2024 is designed to provide attendees with the information and skills to improve the care of hospitalized patients. The conference's focus is on the practical management of problems commonly encountered in hospital medicine. An emphasis will be placed on recent advances, up-to-date practices, and guidelines for inpatient care. This 1-day CME conference will provide attendees with AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
At the completion of this activity, participants should be better prepared to: Provide an accurate diagnostic assessment for a broad range of disorders commonly seen in the inpatient setting. Utilize current guidelines in the management of commonly encountered therapeutic issues presented by the hospitalized patient. Formulate comprehensive evidence-based interventions and treatment strategies that will lead to the reduction of modifiable risk factors and improved outcomes. This conference is designed for a target audience of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and other healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of hospitalized patients.
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