title: A resident-created hospitalist curriculum for internal medicine housestaff.
abstract: The growth of hospital medicine has led to new challenges, and recent graduates may feel unprepared to meet the expanding clinical duties expected of hospitalists. At our institution, we created a resident-inspired hospitalist curriculum to address the training needs for the next generation of hospitalists. Our program provided 3 tiers of training: (1) clinical excellence through improved training in underemphasized areas of hospital medicine, (2) academic development through required research, quality improvement, and medical student teaching, and (3) career mentorship. In this article, we describe the genesis of our program, our final product, and the challenges of creating a curriculum while being internal medicine residents. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2016;11:646-649. © 2016 Society of Hospital Medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California. akumar3@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Andrea
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authors.lastname: Smeraglio
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Ronald
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authors.lastname: Witteles
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Stephanie
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authors.lastname: Harman
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Shriram
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authors.lastname: Nallamshetty
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Angela
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authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Robert
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authors.lastname: Harrington
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Neera
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authors.lastname: Ahuja
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D020445:Hospitalists / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008611:Mentors; D020380:Needs Assessment; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D013663:Teaching