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Annals of Internal Medicine
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January 2008

Cover Feature: Learning to lead

Management training can aid career advancement

Management training can aid career advancement

Hospitalists, with their wide range of experience and knowledge of a hospital's different departments and systems, can be natural choices for leadership positions. And many are now pursuing advanced management training to help them get the background they need to seek these positions—or simply to be more effective in the positions they already have.

 

 

Letter from the Editor

Write to the Editor

Hospitals meeting quality reporting goals, CMS saysIn the News

Hospitals meeting quality reporting goals, CMS says

Physician Profile

Universal coverage, education are priorities for next AMA presidentUniversal coverage, education are priorities for next AMA president

 

 

Patient-Physician Communication

Picture boards help those who can't speak for themselves

More hospitals are using pictures to communicate with non-English speakers, the deaf and other nonverbal patients

Apologize like a pro

Expert offers strategies for talking to patients about adverse outcomes

Perspectives

A tale of two meetingsA tale of two meetings

 

 

 

 

New Joint Commission presidentNew Joint Commission president envisions global quality improvements

Clinical Medicine

MKSAP primer: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Test yourself: COPD

Research News

Journal watch

Recent studies of note

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ABIM Maintenance of Certification for Hospitalists

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ACP Launches Depression Care Guide

ACP Launches Depression Care Guide

This evidence-based, free online resource provides concise, practical information and strategies to enable health professionals to reduce the treatment gaps that exist for depression care.
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