Future Leaders Award
SOGH Future Leaders Award
Every year SOGH provides a Future Leaders Award. This award covers the cost of registration for the Annual Clinical Meeting and includes a $500 travel stipend. Current medical students, residents and fellows are eligible for this award. During the conference you will be assigned a mentor responsible for managing a portion of the meeting. You will help with the execution of that portion of the meeting. Areas include simulation, skills stations, social media, and workshops. When not engaged in your area of responsibility, you will be able to enjoy the rest of the meeting.
Hear what some of our past Future Leaders have to say:
Attending the SOGH conference was a fantastic experience, both clinically and professionally. There were numerous opportunities to learn about the hospitalist field, fellowships, professional opportunities and practice models. The networking opportunities were endless, with providers from across the country who have been working as hospitalists for many years, some who had recently switched to a hospitalist model, and some who had exclusively worked as hospitalists since residency. The research sessions were innovative and informative, and the clinical sessions were relevant, evidence-based, and highly actionable. The hands-on simulation training was well-organized, realistic, and very well done, as were the skills sessions. The sessions inspired multiple ideas for quality improvement initiatives at my home hospital. I would highly recommend this conference to anyone who provides or plans to provide obstetric care.
As an SOGH Future Leader, I felt privileged to witness how the SOGH annual conference provides essential insights into the nuances of hospital systems, quality improvement, and clinical care that affect OBGYNs and their patients. From the discussion of the role’s doulas take in labor management, to managing complex obstetric emergencies, to learning about the most innovative technology in modern day obstetric and gynecologic care, the meeting is a unique opportunity for OBGYNs to learn from each other to optimize the care provided to their patients every day.
One of my favorite things about the conference is that every specialty is welcome, because all play a role within the hospitalist world. Whether it’s discussing the complex relationship between maternal fetal medicine physicians and the OB Hospitalist or learning from a gynecologic subspecialist about the best way to manage obscure gynecologic conundrums in the middle of the night, the conference highlights these relationships in order to put education and patient care at the center of the conversation.
As a future maternal fetal medicine physician, it is of the utmost importance to me to understand the crucial role that OBGYN hospitalists play in the care of pregnant, laboring, and postpartum patients. As the hospitalist model has become increasingly prevalent in hospital systems, we are identifying the critical role hospitalists play in managing the immediate complications of high-risk pregnancies as the in-house expert, and how they can be an essential addition in the care of complex pregnancies. The SOGH Future Leader role allowed me to glean new perspectives from fellow trainees, learn from diverse practitioners, and sharpen my own obstetric skills as I transition into the next phase of my training. I am tremendously grateful for the opportunity to attend this conference and to meet accomplished physicians with whom I am honored to share the ever inspiring and always humbling field of obstetrics and gynecology.