SHM Converge Scientific Abstract ePoster Gallery-Time Is Not on Our Side: A National Survey of Teaching Time Allocation for Academic Hospitalists

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This survey examined how academic hospitalist groups allocate faculty time for inpatient teaching in the face of growing direct-care demands and limited teaching opportunities. The authors surveyed division directors and administrators from the 150 largest Internal Medicine GME training sites; 25 unique hospital medicine divisions responded (17% response rate).<br /><br />Key findings:<br />- On average, 35% of inpatient faculty FTE was dedicated to traditional teaching services, though this varied widely (0–90%).<br />- Clinical faculty spent an average of 10.68 weeks per year on traditional teaching services, with a broad range from 0 to 42 weeks.<br />- About 72% of clinical faculty had some time on traditional teaching services, but only 2 of 25 divisions had a separate faculty group eligible to staff these services.<br /><br />The survey also identified several strategies used to maintain teaching opportunities:<br />- Intentional allocation of teaching time based on faculty preference, strong trainee evaluations, and seniority.<br />- Expansion of opportunities beyond traditional inpatient teaching, including procedure services, direct-care electives, lectures, and faculty development roles.<br />- Creation or expansion of traditional teaching services through reassigning services from other divisions, adding new teaching services, or broadening eligibility.<br /><br />Overall, the study shows that institutions are actively trying to protect teaching time and develop clinician educators, often by combining traditional and non-traditional teaching roles. While the low response rate and focus on large academic centers limit broad generalization, the report offers practical examples for hospital medicine groups facing similar staffing pressures.

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Claire Sevov

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Author List Arianna Henning, Claire Sevov, Daniel McFarlane, Jeff Barbee, Sharon S. Clark

Category Research

Concept Inpatient Teaching Service

Concept Academic Hospitalist Division

Concept Teaching Time Allocation

Concept Graduate Medical Education

Concept Clinician Educator

Distinguished Non-Finalist

Presenter Organization The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Presenting Author Claire Sevov

Track Education

Keywords

academic hospitalist

inpatient teaching

faculty time allocation

traditional teaching services

hospital medicine division

clinical faculty

GME training sites

teaching opportunities

clinician educators

staffing pressures

Inpatient Teaching Service

Academic Hospitalist Division

Teaching Time Allocation

Graduate Medical Education

Clinician Educator