Hospital Medicine Track

Hospital Medicine has become one of the fastest growing specialties in modern healthcare. Hospitalists promote the highest quality of care for all hospitalized patients and are heavily involved in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, education, academic research and advocacy.  

The goal of the University of Kentucky Hospital Medicine Track is to provide senior residents who are interested in hospital medicine the opportunity to receive more in-depth education and training in QIPS, professional development and the business of medicine while providing 1:1 mentorship with hospitalist faculty.  

For any questions about the track, please contact Sarah Vick (sarah.vick@uky.edu) or Pete Wallenhorst (pete.wallenhorst@uky.edu). 

Track Description 

The hospital medicine track is dedicated to providing targeted, specific content to senior residents committed to the tenets of hospital medicine. Residents are selected via an application process at the beginning of their second year, and the track runs for 16 months through the end of their residency. Through monthly meetings, track participants cover the following topics: 

  • QI basics including problem analysis, developing interventions, data collection and presentation 
  • Professional development including CV and interview preparation, teaching and life planning 
  • Business of medicine, including revenue streams, billing and public reporting 

In addition, residents participate in a capstone rotation where they work at the VA or another community hospital in Lexington. During their capstone, they learn the skills of triaging ED and OSH calls for admissions, responding to medicine consults, managing their own primary team and delegating roles to APPs. 

Track Faculty  

Prior HMT Projects

2025-2026 Project: Inpatient initiation of SGLT-2i in Heart Failure

2025-2026 Project: Inpatient initiation of SGLT-2i in Heart Failure

2024-2025 Project: Improving Incident Reporting by Physicians

  • Poster at UK GME QIPS
2024-2025 Project: Improving Incident Reporting by Physicians
  • Poster at UK GME QIPS

2023-2024 Project: Midline vs PICC line utilization

  • Poster at UK GME QIPS, 2nd place
2023-2024 Project: Midline vs PICC line utilization
  • Poster at UK GME QIPS, 2nd place

2022-2023 – Improved utilization of PT/OT

2022-2023 – Improved utilization of PT/OT

2021 - 2022 - Sleep Friendly Phlebotomy

2021 - 2022 - Sleep Friendly Phlebotomy

2020 - 2021 – Improving discharge summaries

  • Abstract accepted to SHM national meeting
2020 - 2021 – Improving discharge summaries
  • Abstract accepted to SHM national meeting

2019 - 2020 – Reducing Nocturnal Vitals

  • Virtual Poster at SHM national meeting
2019 - 2020 – Reducing Nocturnal Vitals
  • Virtual Poster at SHM national meeting

2018 - 2019 – Tailoring Anti-MRSA Antibiotics

  • Poster at UK Resident Quality Forum
2018 - 2019 – Tailoring Anti-MRSA Antibiotics
  • Poster at UK Resident Quality Forum

2017 - 2018 – Improving Oral Case Presentations

  • Poster at UK Resident Quality Forum
2017 - 2018 – Improving Oral Case Presentations
  • Poster at UK Resident Quality Forum

2016 - 2017 – Reducing inpatient fasting

  • Poster presented at National SHM meeting
  • Winner of Top Innovation Oral Presentation at SHM
  • Featured in ACP hospitalist
2016 - 2017 – Reducing inpatient fasting
  • Poster presented at National SHM meeting
  • Winner of Top Innovation Oral Presentation at SHM
  • Featured in ACP hospitalist

2015 - 2016 – Improving progress notes

  • Poster presented at National SGIM meeting
  • Award for best poster at UK Residency Quality Forum
2015 - 2016 – Improving progress notes
  • Poster presented at National SGIM meeting
  • Award for best poster at UK Residency Quality Forum

2014 - 2015 – Early discharges

  • Poster at SHM meeting
  • Only oral present at UK Resident Quality Forum
2014 - 2015 – Early discharges
  • Poster at SHM meeting
  • Only oral present at UK Resident Quality Forum