The Society for General Internal Medicine’s (SGIM) annual meeting was held in Boston, MA, May 15-18, 2024. This year’s meeting theme is “Strengthening Relationships and Valuing Our Diversity”. The meeting featured more than 200 educational sessions and events including Workshops, Clinical Updates, Special Symposia Sessions, Plenary Sessions, Distinguished Professor Talks, Pre-conference Intensive Sessions, and Mentoring Panels. Several faculty and trainees from DGIM presented at the meeting (list here). Congratulations to all! Thanks to Drs. Hemming and Zipkin for the photos.
Wednesday, May 15th
Taylor Broome
- Poster 5:30-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS1-193: A Common Abdominal Diagnosis from an Uncommon Source
Joanna Cavalier
- Poster 5:30-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS1-036 Standardized Virtual Clinic Support Improves Efficiency and Access to Video Visits
Thursday, May 16th
Nia M. Mitchell
- Posters 10-11:30am, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS2-283: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Audit and Facilitate Advance Care Planning for High Risk Patients at an Internal Medicine Resident Primary Care Clinic
Patrick Hemming
- Session 11:30-12:30pm, Grand & Independence Ballroom (Sheraton L2) SSE: Strengthening Relationships Through Behavioral Health Integration-From Bedside to Policy and Back Again
- Session 4-5:00pm, Room 108 (Hynes) WH07: Taking the Worry Out of Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Anxiety Disorders in Your Practice
Judith Vick
- Poster 10-11:30am, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS2-250: Thematic Analysis of Notes Documenting Against Medical Advice Discharges: Rhetorical Choices Reflect Negative Attitudes and Relationship Breakdowns
- Session 2:45-3:45pm, Constitution A (Sheraton L2) CUG1: Updates in Geriatric Medicine
Ryan Kane
- Session 1:30-2:30pm, Room 103 (Hynes) WF03: Building Advocacy Curricula for Internal Medicine Trainees
Daniella Zipkin
- Session 1:30-2:30pm, Room 103 (Hynes) WF03: Building Advocacy Curricula for Internal Medicine Trainees
Caroline Sloan
- Poster 10-11:30am, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS2-102: Teaching Health Policy and Advocacy Across Subspecialties: the Fellows’ Advocacy Curriculum
- Poster 5:00-6:30pm, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS3-072: A Qualitative Study to Inform Interventions for Addressing Financial Toxicity in Patients with Multimorbidity
Joanna Cavalier
- Poster 5-6:30pm, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS3-062: Virtual Nursing Intervention Improves Hospital Discharge Efficiency with High Patient Satisfaction
Yajaira Jimenez
- Poster 10-11:30am, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS2-192: A Sticky Situation: Management of Right Atrial Thrombus
Karen Goldstein
- Presentations 2:45-3:45pm, Back Bay A (Sheraton L2) SAG1: 3 Examining the Impact of Virtual Care for Women on the Clinician-Patient Relationship: a Qualitative Evidence Synthesis
Joel Boggan
- Oral Presentation 1:30-2:30pm. Back Bay A (Sheraton L2) SAF1 (Top Scientific Abstract Oral Presentation in Hospital Medicine): Post-Discharge Patient Contact and Subsequent Emergency Department Presentations and Hospital Readmissions: a Systematic Review
Friday, May 17th
Jeffrey Lee
- Oral Presentations 10:15-11:15am IMEK: 3 Untold Stories: a Multifaceted Interdisciplinary Humanities Intervention to Rekindle Empathy in Medicine
Patrick Hemming
- Session 12:30-1:15pm, Room 101 (Hynes) IFL06: Mental Health Interest Group
Caroline Sloan
- Oral Presentations 4;00-5:00pm, Back Bay B (Sheraton L2) SA02: 3 Estimating Out-of-Pocket Medication Costs During Clinic Visits: A Qualitative Study of the Primary Care Experience
- Sessions 2:45-3:45pm, Room102 (Hynes) WN02: Climbing the Hill-Empowering Physicians to Participate in Legislative Advocacy
Daniella Zipkin
- Session 11:30-12:30pm, Room 102 (Hynes) MPCEC: Clinician Educator Careers Panel
Audrey Zhang
- Poster 10-11:30am, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS4-001: Initiation and Persistence of Antipsychotic Prescriptions at Hospital Discharge Among Community-Dwelling US Veterans with Dementia
Matthew Townsend
- Poster 10-11:30am, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS4-209: Recurrent Small Bowel Obstruction in an Immunocompromised Host
Katherine Daniel
- Presentations 4-5:00pm, Back Bay C (Sheraton L2) IHDO: 3 A Pilot Study to Assess the Feasibility of a Chaplain-Direction Intervention Aimed at Improving Advanced Care Planning at a Primary Care Clinic
Karen Goldstein
- Poster 5-6:30pm, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS5-038: Universal Experiences of Caregivers Across Diverse Caregiving Contexts: a Qualitative Evidence Synthesis
Anivarya Kumar
- Poster 5-6:30pm, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS5-102: Identifying Characteristics of Patients with Opioid use Disorders who Self-Direct their Discharge from an Inpatient Hospital Medicine Service
Joel Boggan
- Poster 5-6:30 pm, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS5-212: Out of Scope? Colorectal Cancer Screening Gaps and Barriers in a Resident Clinic.
Michael Pignone
- Oral Presentation 1:30-2:30pm, Back Bay C (Sheraton L2) IHDM: Innovations in Healthcare Delivery Oral Presentation in Statewide and Regional Innovations
Saturday, May 18th
Beau Blass
- Poster 7-8:30am, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS6-209: An Interprofessional, Student-Facilitated Telehealth Home Care Program for Homebound Older Adults and People with Disabilities
Shweta Lodha
- Poster 7-8:30am, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS6-243: Evaluating Gender Differences in the Training Experience of Internal Medicine Residents Across the United States
Kayla Thompson
- Poster 7-8:30am, Exhibit Hall (Hynes) PS6-148: Family Caregiver Perspectives on Shared Decision Making in Intensive Care Units