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. 2017 Nov;32(11):1179-1185.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-017-4126-7. Epub 2017 Jul 25.

The Growth of Hospitalists and the Future of the Society of General Internal Medicine: Results from the 2014 Membership Survey

Chad S Miller  1 , Robert L Fogerty  2 , Jillian Gann  3 , Christopher P Bruti  4 , Robin Klein  5 ; , The Society of General Internal Medicine Membership Committee
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The Growth of Hospitalists and the Future of the Society of General Internal Medicine: Results from the 2014 Membership Survey

Chad S Miller et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Nov.

Abstract

According to the most recent annual membership surveys, hospitalists are a rapidly growing component of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM). Should this trend continue, hospitalists could increase from 22% of SGIM membership in 2014 to nearly 33% by 2020. Only 34% of hospitalists who responded to the survey, however, consider SGIM their academic home, compared to 54% of non-hospitalist respondents. Based on these survey findings, it is clear that the landscape of general internal medicine is changing with the growth of hospitalists, and SGIM will need to strategize to keep these hospitalist members actively engaged in the organization.

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Percentage of hospitalist and non-hospitalist respondents to the SGIM Membership Survey.
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