SHM Converge Scientific Abstract ePoster Gallery-Successful Design and Execution of an Institutional Teaching Competition

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This document describes an annual institutional hospitalist teaching competition developed by Emory’s Division of Hospital Medicine to support faculty development and improve teaching skills among early-career academic hospitalists. The program addresses a common gap: hospitalists are expected to teach, but many lack formal training or experience in educational methods.<br /><br />The competition has run for seven years, excluding 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It brings together junior faculty from multiple clinical sites, including community hospitals, a public safety-net hospital, university medical centers, and a VA hospital. Each participant delivers a brief, high-yield didactic presentation to peers and trainees.<br /><br />The format is structured to promote both learning and engagement: each year uses a theme tied to high-value hospital medicine topics, topics are randomly assigned, presentations are limited to 8 minutes plus 2 minutes for discussion, and a diverse judging panel scores presenters on speech clarity, visual appeal, and content quality. The event originally took place in person but shifted to virtual delivery to increase attendance and audience interaction.<br /><br />Over time, the event has expanded significantly. Thirty-six junior faculty members have participated, and audience size has grown from about 20–30 attendees to around 100 in the virtual format. The competition also now includes judges and participants from other institutions and learners at multiple training levels.<br /><br />The authors conclude that a teaching competition can be an effective, enjoyable, and psychologically safe venue for hospitalist faculty development, especially for early-career clinicians building niche expertise, while also refreshing attendees’ knowledge in core hospital medicine topics.

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Monee Amin

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Author List Dan Hunt, Dustin T. Smith, Eric Baken, Madhavi Chavan, Malavika Kapuria, Meredith Trubitt, Monee Amin, Yelena Burklin

Category Innovations

Concept Hospitalist Teaching Competition

Concept Faculty Development

Concept Teaching Skill

Concept Academic Hospitalist

Concept Random Topic Assignment

Distinguished Non-Finalist

Presenter Organization Emory School of Medicine

Presenting Author Monee Amin

Track Education

Keywords

hospitalist teaching competition

faculty development

early-career academic hospitalists

hospital medicine

teaching skills

educational methods

junior faculty

virtual presentation

high-value topics

psychological safety

Hospitalist Teaching Competition

Faculty Development

Teaching Skill

Academic Hospitalist

Random Topic Assignment