What is a Hospitalist?

Please note that the number of patients hospitalists care for at one time has dramatically increased in recent years. Anecdotally, ~12-18 is typical of an academic/teaching service (i.e. supervising a team of medical residents/interns), while 15-25 is typical of non-teaching services at private hospitals. While there are hospitals out there that routinely require their hospitalists to see >25 patients a day, I can't imagine working at such a place.

Thank you so much for the wonderful video as always, Dr. Strong. I was wondering if I could ask you a question.

I am a PGY-2 at the moment and was wondering if you could share some of your thoughts on why you chose to become a hospitalist vs a cardiologist. I’m sort of in that agonizing struggle right now and while I love cardiology, I also love the rest of Internal Medicine.

Thank you in advance and I hope you have a great day!

In india, they are called "duty doctors" and play a big role in all the tiny hospitals and nursing homes.
1. Lowest salary, treated like dirt by one and all including patient's
2. Absolute dead end job, no futute
. After about 10 years, you will lose all interest to practise medicine

I think one of the benefits of being a hospitalist is that you use almost all the knowledge that you accrued in medical school and much of what you do on a day-to-day basis is very much what the average person would think of when they imagine what a doctor does. The work-life balance and compensation is also very good.

If I may ask a couple of questions, please:

1. How easy it it for a hospitalist to pick up additional shifts at their hospital (or via a locum agency) on their week off, if they so desired? Thanks.
2. Have you ever worked as a nocturnist? If so, what was your experience like? Did you enjoy it?

Thank you.

It’s good to hear that you are a hospitalist and I trust that you would be much better than most doctors. At least you know what EDS is, unlike most other doctors. Way to go and please keep up the great job! Would you know what the proper way is to treat a person who is having a seizure? I have Epilepsy along with my EDS. And one time I was in the hospital and I had a seizure, the nurse put something in my mouth thinking that I would “ swallow my tongue “. Could you please help me bring awareness to Epilepsy.

Funnel doctor?

Sir, we are all waiting for your approach to disease series. You have been of immense help :)

Welcome Back !!! I love your videos !! Thank You so much for sharing your knowledge !!

Dr. Strong I need some advice. I like Internal Medicine because you get to use all the pathophysiology you learned in med school. My only issue is that you're overworked sometimes or maybe most of the time. In short the quality of life is not that great. Please correct me if I'm wrong but thats just what I see and been told by my seniors and attendings. I also like psychiatry. It has always interested me. Others find it boring. My only issue is that you won't be able to use everything you've learned from medical school ( like treating simple consults like asthma or diabetes). Family members do ask you for medical advice all the time. But a psychiatrists' life style is great with no weekends and no calls. Got any advice for me?

It is soo good to see you back!! I missed your lectures!

Te admiro mucho. Deseo llegar a tener un profundo conocimiento sobre la medicina como lo tienes tu. También disfruto mucho enseñar medicina, sobre todo medicina interna que es lo que yo estudie. Muchas gracias por todo.

The long wait S finally over! Welcome back sir! 🙏

Thanks for your video.

Glad to see you back!!

Incredible content, I just finished medical school and started working in ER, hopefully will get into Intensive cardiology care unit to get specialty in Cardiology. Your videos have been of enormous help and I would like to thank you. Could you do a video about cardiac vs pulmonary dyspnea when there are both present in the same patient and differentiate which one is leading at the very moment. I've seen the same patient with pure CHF at one occasion and Pneumonia with CHF the second time I saw him 2 months apart. Thanks you again, I hope my question is written in understandable English !

Nice to see you back

10-15 pts on average? I want to work where you work! I usually carry 18-20, but I've gotten as low as zero before (the nurses actually closed the unit when that happened!)

Great video. Can you give us tips and tools on how to document our patients' encounters whether it is an initial H&P or a progress note ? Also, can you comment on the different models of payments used for hospitalists ?

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Dr Strong i thought u were a cardiologist for some reason

What about the myth that Hospitalist like to kick patients that are fall risk out to assisted living centers? PMD hospital care is unpractical and really a thing of the past...thanks for the educational video.

Great videos.

next meded topics you will upload?

Doc you are a smart guy & a cool fellow too.

Dear sir, is there any chance to continue the series "approach to symptoms "? Those videos are too much helpful. Thank you.

Happy to see you again sir.

Thanks 😊👍

Hello welcome back:)