Hospital Medicine faculty and staff are committed to career-long learning, peer teaching, and trainee teaching. The Division of Hospital Medicine takes pride in the professional development of its faculty and staff so that division members attain the highest possible quality of patient care and system improvements.
Site Assistant Directors for Education
The Division of Hospital Medicine's Site Assistant Directors for Education (SADEs) goals are to:
- Increase teaching opportunities for division faculty and staff
- Improve faculty and staff teaching and lecturing skills
- Increase visibility of hospitalists as teaching faculty
- Foster faculty development in teaching and education
Site Assistant Directors
- Khaalisha Ajala, MD (Grady Memorial Hospital)
- Shen Chen, MD (Emory Johns Creek Hospital)
- Tolu Amzat, MD (Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital)
- Yelena Burklin, MD (Emory University Hospital Midtown)
- Annie Massart, MD (Emory University Hospital)
- Erin Kim, MD (Atlanta VA Medical Center)
Education Council
The Education Council is a committee consisting of multiple members from each clinical site (VA, Grady, EUH, EUHM, ESJH, EJCH) who are dedicated to and interested in providing educational opportunities to the division.
Council Goals:
- Identify areas of education need at each site and throughout the division
- Share educational resources
- Promote mentorship
Ongoing Projects:
- Clinicopathologic Case Conference (CPC) for Medicine Grand Rounds
- Clinical Vignette Poster Competition
- Visiting Professor Task Force
- Division of Hospital Medicine Grand Rounds Planning
- Bite-sized Faculty Teaching Competition
Council Co-Chairs:
- Annie Massart
- Khaalisha Ajala
Faculty Education Resources
The Division of Hospital Medicine encourages and supports continuing medical education opportunities. Each site has developed its own curriculum to address the particular needs of its community of physicians and non-physician providers.
Resident and Student Education
Beyond clinical instruction and supervision as medicine ward attendings, Hospital Medicine faculty are engaged in multiple programs and educational activities which focus on both resident and student education.
Examples of these activities include:
- Hospital Medicine Division Grand Rounds and Site-specific Lecture Series focused on core topics in Hospital Medicine
- Emory Physician Assistant Student Didactic Experiential Learning Program (DELP)
- Medical Procedure Training & Supervision for Internal Medicine Residents
- Patient- and Family-Centered Care Training for Internal Medicine Residents
- Emory School of Medicine Transitions of Care Task Force
- Morbidity and Mortality Conferences
- Resident and Student Mentoring
In addition, several Hospital Medicine faculty serve as associate program directors for the J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program, Medical Society advisors for medical students in the Emory University School of Medicine, and course instructors for the capstone course given to all Emory medical students just prior to graduation.