Teaching and Feedback

Hospitalists have an ever increasing role teaching students and residents in the inpatient setting. Clinical evaluation and management, physical exam, decision-making, high value care, communication, efficiency, and a systems approach to improvement are essential skills for which hospitalists have unique expertise to convey. For academic hospitalists, success as a teacher and educator is vital for promotion. Training the next generation of physicians is rewarding, but can pose new challenges to a hospitalist’s daily workflow. This chapter provides strategies for incorporating teaching seamlessly into the inpatient setting and a practical framework for feedback to help learners to improve.