SHM Converge Scientific Abstract ePoster Gallery-Creating a Longitudinal Leadership Track for Hospital Medicine

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The document describes the development of a Hospital Medicine Leadership Excellence and Development (LEAD) program designed to prepare emerging hospital medicine leaders for committee and executive roles. Recognizing that hospitalists have deep knowledge of inpatient care and hospital operations, the organization created a longitudinal leadership curriculum spanning 6 days over 7 months.<br /><br />The program is intended for physicians and advanced care practitioners across a large health system and emphasizes skills such as growth mindset, healthcare finance, relationship building, quality and safety, public speaking, wellness-centered leadership, feedback, recruitment and retention, emotional intelligence, goal setting, change management, and coaching. It also includes leadership-focused sessions led by current hospital leaders, which participants rated highly.<br /><br />Survey results showed strong participant satisfaction, with healthcare finance receiving the highest ratings. Testimonials highlighted the practical value of learning complex financial concepts, leadership strategies, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. The program’s group projects addressed real operational challenges, including improving discharge instructions for non-English-speaking patients, nurse-driven oxygen weaning, transfer handoffs, and provider dashboards.<br /><br />The initiative has been successful in promoting professional development and has helped participants secure leadership positions or pursue leadership opportunities within the organization. Demand for the program exceeded expectations, making it competitive to join. Due to cost and scheduling barriers, especially the inability to forgive clinical shifts for attendees, the next cohort will expand to include Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine to support cross-collaboration and share costs.<br /><br />Overall, the program demonstrates that structured leadership training is highly valued by hospital medicine providers and can strengthen leadership capacity, teamwork, communication, and patient care delivery across the health system.

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Sarah T. Deutsch

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Author List Michael Molineux, Nicholas Bedard, Sarah T. Deutsch, Shams Quazi

Category Innovations

Concept Leadership Development

Concept Hospital Medicine

Concept Organizational Leadership

Concept Competency

Concept Quality Improvement

Distinguished Non-Finalist

Presenter Organization Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

Presenting Author Sarah T. Deutsch

Track Education

Keywords

Hospital Medicine

Leadership Development

Emerging Leaders

Healthcare Finance

Quality and Safety

Emotional Intelligence

Change Management

Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

Professional Development

Patient Care Delivery

Leadership Development

Hospital Medicine

Organizational Leadership

Competency

Quality Improvement