The course is designed to serve as an educational platform for healthcare professionals, particularly those involved in hospital medicine. It aims to provide in-depth reviews of common and relevant conditions encountered in the inpatient setting. The focus is on bridging knowledge gaps, applying new evidence, and interpreting current guidelines to enhance the quality of medical care for hospitalized patients.
Key features of the course include sessions on Rheumatology, Infectious Disease, Renal Medicine, Cardiology, Hospital Medicine Potpourri, Psychiatry, and a Literature Review Lightning Round. Each session is led by expert faculty members who will address specific aspects of patient care within their respective specialties. The course also incorporates live Q&A panel discussions to facilitate interactive learning.
The target audience includes hospital medicine physicians, internal medicine physicians, family practice physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, fellows, residents, and other healthcare professionals interested in hospital-based medicine.
Upon completion of the course, participants are expected to:
Identify and manage rheumatologic manifestations in hospitalized patients.
Critically appraise approaches for managing infectious diseases in hospitalized patients, including fever of unknown origin (FUO), Clostridium difficile (C. diff), and long COVID.
Evaluate and manage inpatients with kidney disease, covering acute kidney injury (AKI), anemia from chronic kidney disease, and renal transplant patients.
Critically appraise best practices for managing cardiac issues in hospitalized patients, including DVT, PE, HFpEF, NSTEMI, and noninvasive cardiac testing.
Provide an overview of various topics clinicians face, with updates on perioperative medicine, medical consult ordering, and approaches to plasma and platelet transfusion.
Describe management approaches to psychological issues faced by hospitalized patients, including effective methods for managing difficult patients, preventing and managing hospital delirium, and managing alcohol withdrawal in hospitalized patients.
The course aims to offer practical insights and evidence-based strategies to improve patient care in the hospital setting
