Hospitalists
Provide inpatient care predominantly in settings such as medical wards, acute care units, intensive care units, rehabilitation centers, or emergency rooms. Manage and coordinate patient care throughout treatment.
Also called: Associate Chief, Section of Hospital Medicine; Hospitalist; Hospitalist Program Director; Medical Director
Knowledge:
- medicine and dentistry
- therapy and counseling
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- understanding people's reactions
- looking for ways to help people
Abilites:
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
- see hidden patterns
- quickly know what you are looking at
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Concern for Others
- Integrity
- Stress Tolerance
- Cooperation
Technology:
- MDeverywhere
- MEDITECH software
