Oakstone Hospital Medicine Review 2025

• Target Audience: hospitalists, internists, and other clinicians caring for hospitalized patients
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• Information:

New Release! Expert for Hospitalists and Inpatient Clinicians

Date of Original Release: November 15, 2025

Estimated Time to Complete: 33 hours

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, you should be able to:

Discuss strategies for effective handoffs and what senders, receivers, and programs can do to improve handoffs

List the main components of effective inpatient heart failure care

Explain the role of skin testing and drug challenges in antibiotics allergy

Identify which laboratory tests are useful for initial investigation of a coagulopathy

Describe basic immunotherapy complications and their management

Summarize the general approach to managing licit and illicit drug ingestions (for opioid, alcohol, and benzodiazepines) that can cause overdose and eventual withdrawal in the hospital setting

Analyze available patient characteristics and data to identify culprit drugs when faced with an adverse skin reaction to medication

Discuss the clinical examination and diagnostic evaluation of comatose and severely altered hospital patients

Recall the common causes of provoked seizures

Define delirium and describe how to use a standardized approach to its diagnosis

Describe specific examples of how social determinants of health contribute to hospitalizations and readmissions

Recognize tachycardia and bradycardia arrhythmias in the hospital setting

Intended Audience

This educational activity is designed for hospitalists, internists, and other clinicians caring for hospitalized patients.

• Topics:

Care Transitions in Hospital Medicine – Jeanne M. Farnan, MD, MHPE and Vineet M. Arora, MD, MAPP

Preoperative Evaluation and Preparation – Bobbiejean Sweitzer, MD, FACP, F-SAMBA, FASA

Approach to Decompensated Heart Failure – Michelle M. Kittleson, MD, PhD

Cardiac Arrhythmias – Diagnosis and Management – Bruce A. Koplan, MD

COPD and Acute Pneumonias (Bacterial and Viral) – Diagnosis and Management – Kathleen Haley, MD

In-Hospital Infections – Diagnosis and Management – Jennifer A. Johnson, MD

Vaccine Hesitancy – The Unvaccinated Patient – Donald B. Middleton, MD

Antibiotic-Associated Allergy-Anaphylaxis and Desensitization – Diagnosis and Management – Aleena Banerji, MD

In-Hospital Kidney Injury and Disorders of Water-Electrolyte Balance – Diagnosis and Management – Timothy Yau, MD

Disorders of Coagulation – Diagnosis and Management – Catherine P. M. Hayward, MD, PhD, FRCPC

In-Hospital Oncologic Emergencies – Diagnosis and Management – Kristen Manley, MD

Endocrine Society Clinical Guideline Management of Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Adult Patients in Non-Critical Care Settings – Mary Korytkowski, MD

Hospital-Based Management of Psychoactive Substance Intoxication and Withdrawal – Christopher William Shanahan, MD, MPH

In-Hospital Dermatological Issues – Diagnosis and Management – Steven T. Chen, MD, MPH, MHPEd

Coma – Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis – Craig A. Williamson, MD, MS

Inpatient Neuromuscular Issues – Diagnosis and Management – Carl Gold, MD, MS

Acute Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Stroke – Diagnosis and Management – Babak Navi, MD, MS

Seizure-Status Epilepticus – Diagnosis and Management – Tracey A. Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN, FAES, FANA

Headache-Status Migrainosus – Diagnosis and Management – Angeliki Vgontzas, MD

Dizziness – Diagnosis and Management – Aaron L. Berkowitz, MD, PhD

Delirium – Diagnosis and Management – Vanja Douglas, MD

Acute Myocardial Infarction – Diagnosis and Management – Aditya Bharadwaj, MD

Upper Quadrants Bonanza: Evidence-Based Pearls on Abnormal Liver Function Tests, Upper GI Bleeding, and Pancreatitis – Zahir Kanjee-Khoja, MD, MPH, FACP

Rheumatology in Hospital Medicine – Kristen J. Young, DO, MEd, FACR

In-Hospital Psychiatric Disease – Diagnosis and Management – Sejal Shah, MD

Principles of Acute Pain Management – Jason D. Ross, MD

Principles of In-Hospital Palliative Care – Yuika Goto, MD

Neurological Examination of the Hospitalized Patient – Raymond Price, MD

Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Ischemic Colitis in Hospitalized Patients – Amit Ringel, MD

Women’s Health Issues in Hospitalized Patients – Mary A. O’Neal, MD

Social Determinants of Health in Hospital Medicine – Zanthia Wiley, MD

Learning from Mistakes in the Hospital Setting – Martin A. Samuels, MD

Tele-Health for Hospitalists – Kimberly Bloom-Feshbach, MD

Quality Improvement as a Hospitalist – How to Do It – Kathryn Kvam, MD

The Hospitalist as Medical Educator – Best Practices – Christopher Sankey, MD, FACP, SFHM

Cardiac Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery – Bobbiejean Sweitzer, MD, FACP, F-SAMBA, FASA