Fostering a culture of patient-centered care at the bedside

THE MISSION OF SBM

The Society of Bedside Medicine is a mission-based global community of clinician educators dedicated to bedside teaching and improving physical examination and diagnostic skills. The purpose of the Society of Bedside Medicine is to foster a culture of bedside medicine through deliberate practice and teaching to encourage innovation in education and research on the role of the clinical encounter in 21st-century medicine.

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Whether you are an educator, practitioner, or a student, SBM is committed to making resources easily accessible to the medical community for the purpose of fostering and advancing a culture of bedside medicine.

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Taweevat Assavapokee from Thailand was awarded the Margaret Rock prize for best poster at the Society of Bedside Medicine annual meeting on Friday, September 30, 2022. His poster demonstrated that the presence of B lines on lung ultrasound prior to discharge in patients with congestive heart failure predicts readmission at 6 months…

“It’s only at the bedside that we can figure out what is important.”

 — Abraham Verghese

Vice Chair for the Theory & Practice of Medicine, Stanford University & SBM Founding Member & Advisory Council

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Become an SBM Scholar! The one-year scholars program provides a $35,000 stipend (plus an additional $5000 for travel) to support a project at the scholar’s home institution that promotes diagnostic excellence and the reduction of diagnostic er
How is examining for a TORN ROTATOR CUFF like sitting in the middle seat on an airplane? Find out more with our new 5M2. Join today. BedsideMedicine.org
A culture. A community. A commitment to excellence. Find out more at Bedsidemedicine.org #IM2019
Saturday Skills Teaching and the 5 Minutes Moment at #IM2019 ACP Philly
Focus on POCUS #IM2019 with SMB Faculty in Philly
The May 2018 issue of Medical Clinics of North America is dedicated to the Clinical Exam. 14 new articles. BedsideMedicine.org
‪Can you find the right middle lobe? Bedside medicine educators at #TXACP17 show the pulmonary landmarks using best practices of #PhysicalExam #MedEd - skills that improve communication with patients and facilitate timely diagnoses. ‬

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