Background
In 1996, Drs. Wachter and Goldman, shared the term “Hospitalist” as specialists of inpatient medicine with the readers of the New England Journal of Medicine. The Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Hospitalist group is among the country’s first, initially starting with clinic physicians who transferred to work in the hospital and later, moving on to hiring new physicians solely as “Hospitalists” in 1998. Many of our original Hospitalists are active members of our HBS (Hospital Based Specialist) Group. Over the years, HBS has evolved with expansions and diversifying their practice. We invite our HOUSE residents to share in this broad yet specialized field and to increase their exposure and experience of Hospital Operations Underscored by Service Excellence.
What does this program offer?
This program offers full training in internal medicine and meets all ACGME requirements for board eligibility in general internal medicine, both inpatient and outpatient. HOUSE residents will focus on inpatient training and proficiency.
This program will develop expertise in the following areas:
- Medicine Consult Triage
- Medicine Orthopedic Surgery Service
- Leukemia-Lymphoma Service
- Inpatient Palliative Care Consult
- Cardiovascular Surgery Service
- Perioperative Management
- Admitting
- Rapid Response Team
- Resource Management
Selective offered include:
- POCUS Training
- Procedure Service
- Leadership & Administration
- Inpatient Psychiatry and Delirium Management
- Addiction Medicine
- Cardiovascular Critical Care
Is the HOUSE track for you?
- Residents who intend to practice inpatient medicine or an inpatient based specialty.
- Residents who would like to develop a particular expertise in an inpatient as listed above.
- Residents who take an interest in Hospital Operations including admission triage, inpatient management, throughput, discharge optimization and coordination of care.
- Service excellence is a key element of the HOUSE Track. Residents are expected to have outstanding communication skills, practice value-based case and serve as leaders in the hospital.
How can I apply?
- Our HOUSE track is for our current Categorical residents who can apply at the end of their PGY 1 or PGY 2 year so that we can tailor their schedule for the upcoming year.