Stand Out at the Zoo: Develop Your Academic Niche

Picture your academic niche rising like a pyramid—from foundation to national voice. Guided by the Scholarly Niche Pyramid, this on‑demand session helps you describe goals, distinguish mentors and resources, develop a local profile through teaching, workshops, and lectures, investigate meaningful gaps, and disseminate work—using cases in medication safety, resident leadership, and whiteboard‑based education.

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Availability

On-Demand

Expires on Apr 30, 2027

Cost

Member: $0.00

Non-Member: $55.00

Credit Offered

0.75 CME Credit

0.75 ABIM-MOC Point

0.75 Participation Credit

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Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, learners should be able to:

Describe the "Scholarly Niche Pyramid," a framework for growing a scholarly niche from building a knowledge base to sharing expertise.
Distinguish resources, mentors, and stakeholders to build the requisite knowledge base for your scholarly niche.
Develop a local and regional reputation for your scholarly niche through correlative small group teaching, workshops, and large group lectures.
Investigate a "gap" in your scholarly niche and disseminate your work to solidify national expertise.

Faculty

Ryan Nelson
Daniel Ricotta

Faculty Disclosures
The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.

Accreditation Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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