http://www.medrants.com/archives/4980 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.medrants.com/archives/4980/comment-page-1#comment-529592 Anon Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:53:47 +0000 http://www.medrants.com/?p=4980#comment-529592 My experience as an academic hospitalist was that my role existed simply to allow the residents to have a cap on admissions.  All that anyone seemed to care about was that we admitted, treated, and discharged patients.  There were to few hospitalists for the job and we migrated to non-academic positions. Part of success (academic or non-academic) in medicine is making sure your facility wants someone with your skill set.  That was a hard lesson to learn, but in the end I'm glad I learned it early in my career.  My experience as an academic hospitalist was that my role existed simply to allow the residents to have a cap on admissions.  All that anyone seemed to care about was that we admitted, treated, and discharged patients.  There were to few hospitalists for the job and we migrated to non-academic positions.
Part of success (academic or non-academic) in medicine is making sure your facility wants someone with your skill set.  That was a hard lesson to learn, but in the end I'm glad I learned it early in my career. 

]]> http://www.medrants.com/archives/4980/comment-page-1#comment-529591 Isadora Roth Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:14:10 +0000 http://www.medrants.com/?p=4980#comment-529591 Many many thanks to you and  to everyone for an amazing conference.  The leaders usually set the mood and the facilitators/presentors led with an energy that was inspiring and thrilling.  This was the most exciting and rewarding educational experience I have ever experienced; in fact I didn't want it to end.  I came to this feeling a bit aimless and thank all the facilitators and participants for the gift of awakening in me a sense of excitement for my future and the future of hospitalist medicine.  Many many thanks to you and  to everyone for an amazing conference.  The leaders usually set the mood and the facilitators/presentors led with an energy that was inspiring and thrilling.  This was the most exciting and rewarding educational experience I have ever experienced; in fact I didn't want it to end.  I came to this feeling a bit aimless and thank all the facilitators and participants for the gift of awakening in me a sense of excitement for my future and the future of hospitalist medicine. 

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