Course# MDM26P01
October 30 - November 1, 2025
We’re excited to see all attendees in person this year.
Yes, for the first time since 2019, all participants will be in person at the Hyatt Embarcadero in San Francisco. We’re excited to bring everyone together to participate in the hands-on and networking components of the conference, and we are confident the in-person experience will enhance the value of your participation.
Be sure to book your flight and hotel reservations soon to take advantage of discounted rates, including a $319/night rate at the Hyatt.
Overview
This course, chaired by Dr. Robert Wachter, covers the clinical issues most relevant to hospitalists and other clinicians who care for inpatients. Taught by UCSF’s top teachers, the course – now in its 29th year – highlights recent advances and current controversies. To promote active learning, the course uses an audience response system and features multiple workshops in a variety of disciplines to allow for small group discussions. The course will be offered in person only this year. It includes broad content in critical care, perioperative care, radiology, neurology, cardiology, GI, diabetes, rheumatology, nephrology, and infectious diseases. In addition, there are sessions on substance use, delirium, AI, and diagnostic reasoning.
This course is presented by the UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine and is sponsored by the Office of Continuing Medical Education, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. It also serves as the West Coast regional meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Objectives
An attendee completing the Management of the Hospitalized Patient course should be able to:
- Improve diagnosis of common inpatient clinical presentations;
- Perform an evidence-based work-up for common inpatient clinical presentations;
- Apply modern therapeutic approaches to common inpatient disorders;
- More effectively respond to patients’ questions in hospital medicine using the latest clinical literature.
- Integrate the latest technology tools in clinical practice.
Course Chair
Robert M. Wachter, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
About Dr. Wachter
The course that started it all returns for its 29th year!
This course serves as the West Coast Regional Meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine.