ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The field of hospital medicine is growing rapidly in academic
medical centers. However, few organizations have explicitly considered the opportunities …

Background The hospitalist workforce has been at the forefront of the pandemic and has
been stretched in both clinical and nonclinical domains. We aimed to understand current …

Sir William Osler may have been one of the earliest practitioners of hospital medicine (1).
Yet, the recent development of the field can be traced to the choice by some graduates of …

The field of academic general internal medicine has enjoyed a long and distinguished
history of health care, education, and research in the hospital. Increasingly, however, its …

Background: Clinical growth is outpacing the growth of traditional educational opportunities
at academic medical centers (AMCs). Objective: To understand the impact of clinical growth …

The opportunity to serve as an educator is a top reason that residency graduates choose
careers in academic hospital medicine. 1 Hospitalists are often primary clinical educators to …

One of the most significant changes in US hospitals over the past decade has been the
emergence of hospitalists as key providers of inpatient care. The number of hospitalists in …

Hospitalism as a career option is likely to reinforce the emphasis of traditional medical
residency programs on inpatient care; may become an alternative area of emphasis in many …

The field of hospital medicine continues to grow rapidly, and with this growth has come the
realization that residency alone may not provide the full complement of skills required of a …

With the rapid growth of managed care and the demise of comprehensive health care
reform, most academic medical centers now seem to recognize that they can no longer …