Hospitalist Medicine

The traditional residency training in Internal Medicine was designed to develop physicians who would either pursue fellowship subspecialty training or a career in general Internal Medicine. In recent years, hospitalist medicine as a career choice has taken center stage in an effort to meet the deep changes in hospital-based healthcare delivery. While a fellowship in Hospitalist Medicine is offered by some programs, ABIM does not recognize it as subspecialty training and offers an option for Focused Practice. As a result, most of the current Internal Medicine trainees contemplating a career in Hospital Medicine choose to enter the hospitalist workforce immediately after residency training. As a result  of the growing demand for hospitalists and growing interest in the field, our residency program has put together a number of training opportunities and didactics that will make interested residents more confident and prepared to start a career as a hospitalist as well as more attractive candidates for employment. 

Oyama Team

  • Advanced Hospitalist Rotation​​
  • 2 Senior Residents: 1 Attending Team
  • 7 days on 7 days off model

Observation Medicine 

  • ​​Appropriate and efficient medical decision-making and skills to manage patients
  • Knowledge and skills to conduct effective transitions of care and practice effective performance review
  • Knowledge and skills in recognizing threats to patient safety 

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

  • Residents will be a part of our Quality Improvement curriculum while on floors
  • Participate in Patient Safety Committee & attend Root Cause Analysis Sessions