SHM2011 - International Hospitalists Section

Divulgo:

"Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am proud to announce to you that the Society of Hospital Medicine has approved the section on International Hospitalists as a provisional section within SHM.

To put this in perspective, SHM received over a dozen applications for provisional sections within SHM. Only two applications were deemed worthy by SHM to be deemed official provisional sections.

The International Hospitalists section of SHM has 2 broad goals:
· Provide a network for international hospitalists to communicate their issues;
· Foster integration and access to further professional development with their US based colleagues

The leadership will be composed of myself, Felipe Lucena from Pamplona, Spain, and Guilherme Barcellos from Porto Alegre, Brazil.

SHM has committed the following resources:
· Creation of listserve for members;
· Regularly scheduled conference calls with the leadership;
· Space to meet at the Annual Meeting;

Ladies and Gentlemen, the rest is up to us. It is up to us to form a clear agenda for: clinical care, medical education, development of research, and professional development.

What do I need from you:
· Please notify your colleagues who may be interested in joining the group and pass along their contact info to me.
· Spread the word

I will send a later email in January after Guilherme, Felipe and I meet with SHM staff to go over more definitive plans and an agenda.

Happy Holidays everyone, Efren

Efren Manjarrez, M.D., F.H.M.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, Clinical Operations
Division of Hospital Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Diplomat, ABIM
Past Fellow AAP"

Para mais informações sobre o SHM2010, visite http://www.hospitalmedicine2011.org/.