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“While this is just the beginning of the diagnostic learning journey, it has taken a true commitment by your faculty to implement our case review process—including ensuring approval by IRB, building and training their case review team, implementing workflows embedded into local culture/safety programs, and developing alliances with leaders in quality and safety at your […]
Devin Odom, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine within the Divisions of Hospital Medicine and Palliative Medicine at WashU. Dr. Odom has dedicated his career to enhancing communication skills education beyond residency training. He established and oversees the BJC Communication Skills Academy, which offers experiential learning opportunities for providers across the School of Medicine […]
Each month, the Patient Experience Team at Barnes-Jewish Hospital collects feedback from discharged patients about their experience during their hospital stay. In January of 2025, several hospitalists received excellent feedback from their patients. Dr. Andrew Alter’s patient mentioned him by name, saying, “My hospitalist doctor, Dr. Alter, was extraordinary and so was the nursing staff […]
In 2023, division hospitalists Dennis Chang, MD, Eileen Lee, MD, and Alex Thomas, MD organized the inaugural Roads to Success workshop with the goal of providing a comprehensive faculty development opportunity for hospitalists. After its initial success, Abby Spencer, MD, Professor and Vice Chair for Education and Director of the Academy of Educators, suggested a […]
The Department of Medicine hosts Medicine CPC every Friday during the academic year from 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm CST. Clinicopathological conference (CPC) is a case-based method of learning medicine by a problem-solving approach and has been in practice for more than 100 years now. A CPC is an outstanding presentation of a challenging case to […]
The WashU Minority Medical Association (WUMMA) is an organization of residents and fellows across different departments that work to empower minorities in the medical community through fostering an inclusive environment and supporting the professional and personal development of under-represented minority (URM) medical trainees. IDEAS Committee members Natalia Brito Rivera, MD, Jaime Flores-Ruiz, MD, and Corey […]
Dennis Chang, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Interprofessional Education (IPE) MD Thread Director, and Co-Director of the Inpatient Clinical Immersion at WashU. Dr. Chang is involved in numerous education endeavors throughout the division, as well as the Department of Medicine. He plays a vital role in organizing […]
National Deaf History Month is celebrated March 13th to April 15th each year to commemorate the achievements of people who are deaf and hard of hearing. This timeframe was chosen to signify significant milestones in deaf education history, including:
It was a celebration worth waiting for. On February 7th at the City Winery St. Louis, the Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics came together to celebrate their reunited merger. “The divisions were split in 1998, so it has been wonderful to bring the divisions back together,” Dr. Evanoff, Chief of the Division of General […]
At Barnes-Jewish Hospital, patient feedback is a priority. The Patient Experience Team reaches out to patients post-discharge to gather comments on their hospital stay. In December of 2024, three hospitalists received outstanding recognition from their patients. Monique Bruinsma, MD and Thomas Hoyt, MD were mentioned by their patient, along with Dr. MaeMae Huang from Internal […]