Lessons for All Hospitalists from PHM 2023

Dr. Kumar In August 2023, the Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) community celebrated 20 years of hosting the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference. The milestone was marked by highlighting the field’s past, present, and future through plenaries. Drs. Mary Ottolini and Ken Roberts covered the past in their plenary. They discussed how the field of PHM has grown, highlighting key milestones along the way, like the creation of a section within the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the first PHM Conference, the inaugural PHM fellow, and the American Board of Pediatrics’ recognition of PHM as a pediatric subspecialty. Rev. Krista Gregory and Dr. Kenya McNeal-Trice discussed the current PHM landscape in their plenaries. Rev. Gregory talked about restoring capacity as it relates to mental well-being and resiliency. She provided hospitalists with resources to improve their own resiliency. Dr. McNeal-Trice presented on health equity in PHM. She defined health equity and related principles, shared patient experiences, and ended with takeaways for hospitalists to address health equity in their practice. SHM’s president, Dr. Kris Rehm, tackled the future of PHM in her presentation. She identified areas the PHM field is encountering currently and areas it will be required to address as it grows. Dr. Rehm shared leadership strengths that will allow hospitalists to address challenges we encounter in clinical care, organizational development and leadership, and advocacy. She ended...
Source: The Hospitalist - Category: Hospital Management Authors: Tags: Pediatrics PHM Coverage Source Type: research