Perks of Hospital Medicine

From our field trip to Cooper Hospital, I think the biggest advantage of being in hospital medicine is the flexibility that it allows you individually as a doctor. Many of the hospitalists that we spoke with used the majority of their time for education or research. That would be a key point to emphasize to young students or resident/fellows because most of them are unsure of what they want to commit to as a career. As a hospitalist, they will be able to practice while staying up to date with updates in internal medicine. I remember one doctor saying how his wife practices in a specialty and she ended up forgetting smaller details of general internal medicine. He, on the other hand, has a wide variety of patients, so he has no trouble remembering them. The relationship with the patient is also different than the standard procedures. Instead of being pressured to do rounds in the morning, hospitalists also have flexibility in this area.

Plus, it's always changing, so you'll never get bored!