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SOC 29-1229.02Job Zone 5 · Extensive Preparationv.26.05

Context coveredThis framework covers the full scope of hospital medicine practice, from supervised inpatient assessment and documentation by early-career hospitalists through autonomous complex care management to division-level leadership, education, and organizational quality improvement.

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Emerging
Entry / Apprentice
  1. Inpatient diagnoses — recognize and document presenting conditions under attending physician supervision in an acute hospital setting.
  2. Medication orders — draft and submit initial prescriptions for common inpatient conditions following established formulary protocols.
  3. Laboratory and radiographic results — retrieve and summarize findings using hospital electronic health record systems under direct guidance.
  4. Patient admission process — complete history and physical documentation and initiate admission orders with attending oversight on a general medicine ward.
  5. Discharge planning basics — identify anticipated discharge needs and flag social or medical barriers for senior review during inpatient rounds.
  6. Patient discharge summaries — compose preliminary summaries using approved templates for attending physician review and co-signature.
  7. Specialist referrals — recognize clinical indications requiring subspecialty input and submit structured referral requests under supervision.
  8. Nursing staff communication — relay physician orders clearly and respond to nursing questions with support from senior hospitalists on the unit.
  9. Clinical problem identification — apply active listening and structured interviewing to gather patient histories in a complex hospital environment.
  10. Electronic medical record tools — navigate billing, order entry, and clinical documentation software with proficiency under structured onboarding guidance.
Developing
Mid-level / Established
  1. Inpatient care management — diagnose and manage a full panel of common acute medical conditions with routine oversight in a community hospital setting.
  2. Pharmacologic treatment plans — prescribe and adjust medications, including anticoagulants and antimicrobials, adapting to patient response on a general medicine service.
  3. Diagnostic test interpretation — independently order and interpret laboratory panels and imaging studies, integrating results into daily care decisions.
  4. Patient admission decisions — evaluate and admit patients from the emergency department or referring providers with minimal attending consultation.
  5. Discharge coordination — develop and execute individualized discharge plans by collaborating with case management, nursing, and pharmacy teams.
  6. Discharge summary quality — produce timely, accurate discharge summaries and transmit them reliably to outpatient primary care physicians.
  7. Care transitions and referrals — coordinate transfers to rehabilitation, skilled nursing, or specialty services, matching patient needs to available resources.
  8. Interprofessional team coordination — direct nursing and support staff task assignments during daily rounds, ensuring care plan alignment across the unit.
  9. Clinical time management — manage competing urgent requests across a multi-patient panel by applying structured prioritization in a fast-paced hospital environment.
  10. Patient and family communication — explain diagnoses, treatment options, and expected hospital course clearly to patients and families using accessible language.
Proficient
Senior / Expert IC
  1. Complex inpatient diagnosis — autonomously diagnose and manage multisystem and rare presentations, integrating clinical reasoning with current evidence across the full inpatient scope.
  2. Advanced pharmacotherapy — design and monitor high-risk medication regimens, including dose adjustments for renal or hepatic impairment, without subspecialty consultation for most cases.
  3. Non-routine diagnostic workup — direct complex laboratory, imaging, and procedural diagnostic sequences for undifferentiated or atypical inpatient presentations.
  4. High-acuity admissions — manage rapid admission and stabilization of critically ill patients, determining appropriate level of care and initiating time-sensitive interventions.
  5. Discharge optimization — lead discharge planning conferences, resolve complex social and clinical barriers, and ensure safe transitions for high-risk patients.
  6. Cross-continuum documentation — produce comprehensive discharge summaries that address complex comorbidities and clearly inform ongoing outpatient management strategies.
  7. Subspecialty collaboration — orchestrate multidisciplinary specialist involvement, synthesize conflicting recommendations, and translate them into coherent inpatient care plans.
  8. Clinical team supervision — mentor residents, medical students, and mid-level providers, providing real-time feedback and modeling advanced clinical reasoning on the unit.
  9. Critical thinking under uncertainty — apply inductive and deductive reasoning to guide decisions when diagnostic clarity is limited, balancing risk and benefit for complex patients.
  10. Quality and safety monitoring — track patient outcomes, identify recurring care gaps, and implement unit-level process adjustments to improve hospital-acquired complication rates.
Advanced
Lead / Principal / Executive
  1. Hospitalist program leadership — define clinical standards, workflows, and coverage models for a hospital medicine division, aligning practice with institutional strategic goals.
  2. Care delivery innovation — lead system-level redesign of admission, rounding, and discharge processes to improve throughput, safety, and patient experience across the hospital.
  3. Clinical governance — establish evidence-based inpatient treatment protocols and antibiotic stewardship policies adopted organization-wide.
  4. Physician workforce development — design onboarding curricula, mentorship structures, and continuing education programs that advance competency across the hospitalist group.
  5. Interprofessional leadership — chair hospital committees integrating nursing, pharmacy, case management, and administration to coordinate patient care at an organizational scale.
  6. Graduate medical education — direct residency training experiences within the hospital medicine service, shaping curriculum and assessment for the next generation of physicians.
  7. Health informatics strategy — guide selection, implementation, and optimization of clinical documentation, order entry, and voice recognition technology to support hospitalist workflows.
  8. Value-based care accountability — lead hospitalist-driven initiatives targeting readmission reduction, length-of-stay optimization, and cost-effective prescribing across the enterprise.
  9. Institutional representation — represent the hospital medicine division in executive forums, advocating for resource allocation, staffing ratios, and policy decisions affecting inpatient care.
  10. Research and scholarly leadership — design and disseminate clinical research on inpatient outcomes, translating findings into practice improvements that influence the broader hospital medicine field.

AI-at-Work Competency Framework

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How a worker at each mastery level uses, directs, and evaluates AI tools in this occupation. Each statement cites its evidence inline; click a citation chip to verify the source.

Emerging
  1. AI-generated clinical summaries — reviews AI-drafted admission notes and discharge summaries for factual accuracy before signing, while composing all diagnostic reasoning independently.
  2. Clinical decision support alerts — acknowledges AI-flagged drug interactions and dosing warnings within the hospital EHR, escalating ambiguous alerts to senior hospitalists for adjudication. WEF Skills TaxonomyWEF Skills Taxonomy 2021 — Building a Common Language for Skills at Work. Opens in new tab.
Developing
  1. Differential diagnosis assistance — queries an AI tool for literature-backed differential lists on complex presentations, then critically filters suggestions against the patient's full clinical picture using direct bedside assessment. Jadhav & Danve, 2026Skill Automation Feasibility Index — Jadhav & Danve, 2026 (arXiv:2604.06906). Opens in new tab.
  2. Order set optimization — directs AI-assisted order set recommendations for common inpatient conditions, verifying that suggested protocols align with current hospital formulary and patient-specific contraindications.
  3. Discharge planning support — uses AI-generated readmission risk scores to prioritize care coordination resources, while retaining sole authority over the final discharge disposition decision. WEF Skills TaxonomyWEF Skills Taxonomy 2021 — Building a Common Language for Skills at Work. Opens in new tab.
Proficient
  1. Lab and imaging interpretation augmentation — prompts an AI assistant to pre-screen radiology report language and flag critical findings for immediate review, then integrates those findings into the clinical narrative with independent attending-level judgment. Jadhav & Danve, 2026Skill Automation Feasibility Index — Jadhav & Danve, 2026 (arXiv:2604.06906). Opens in new tab.
  2. Active learning from AI literature synthesis — assigns an AI tool to surface recent guideline updates and trial results relevant to an inpatient's condition, evaluating source quality and applicability before incorporating evidence into the treatment plan. Jadhav & Danve, 2026Skill Automation Feasibility Index — Jadhav & Danve, 2026 (arXiv:2604.06906). Opens in new tab. WEF Skills TaxonomyWEF Skills Taxonomy 2021 — Building a Common Language for Skills at Work. Opens in new tab.
  3. Handoff documentation quality — directs AI drafting of structured sign-out summaries, reviewing each entry for clinical completeness and correcting AI-introduced omissions before transmission to the on-call team.
  4. Diagnostic reasoning calibration — benchmarks personal diagnostic conclusions against AI model outputs on ambiguous cases, using discrepancies as a structured learning prompt rather than deferring to the AI result. Jadhav & Danve, 2026Skill Automation Feasibility Index — Jadhav & Danve, 2026 (arXiv:2604.06906). Opens in new tab.
Advanced
  1. AI governance in inpatient workflows — leads departmental evaluation of clinical AI tools by defining performance benchmarks, reviewing validation evidence, and setting boundaries for acceptable AI autonomy in diagnosis and treatment recommendation. WEF Skills TaxonomyWEF Skills Taxonomy 2021 — Building a Common Language for Skills at Work. Opens in new tab.
  2. Complex case orchestration — coordinates AI-generated risk stratification, predictive deterioration alerts, and automated care-gap notifications across a full inpatient panel, synthesizing AI outputs with multidisciplinary team input to direct moment-to-moment clinical priorities. Jadhav & Danve, 2026Skill Automation Feasibility Index — Jadhav & Danve, 2026 (arXiv:2604.06906). Opens in new tab. WEF Skills TaxonomyWEF Skills Taxonomy 2021 — Building a Common Language for Skills at Work. Opens in new tab.
  3. Human-AI handoff protocol design — authors institutional guidelines specifying which hospitalist tasks are AI-assistable versus requiring unassisted physician judgment, grounding the framework in automation-feasibility evidence and patient-safety standards. Jadhav & Danve, 2026Skill Automation Feasibility Index — Jadhav & Danve, 2026 (arXiv:2604.06906). Opens in new tab.
  4. Teaching AI-critical appraisal — trains residents and medical students to interrogate AI clinical decision support outputs, modeling expert evaluation of AI confidence levels, training data limitations, and failure modes in real inpatient contexts. WEF Skills TaxonomyWEF Skills Taxonomy 2021 — Building a Common Language for Skills at Work. Opens in new tab.
Evidence pack
SAFI positioning
Top skill: Active Learning
Score: 57.9 / 100
precision: category_estimate
WEF cluster
Human-Technology Interaction
human_technology_interaction
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Pathsmith Durable Skills Framework

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Ten durable-skill domains mapped to four proficiency/role levels for each occupation. Each statement is aligned to the Pathsmith taxonomy, derived from trusted grounding data and mapped to occupation-specific O*NET tasks and skills.

1Communication13 statements
Emerging
  1. Patient history elicitation — gathers chief complaint and basic medical history through structured interview with newly admitted inpatients Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Verbal update delivery — conveys patient status changes to nursing staff using foundational SBAR communication structure Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  3. Discharge instruction communication — explains basic discharge instructions to patients using plain language, avoiding medical jargon O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
Developing
  1. Multidisciplinary handoff communication — delivers accurate and organized patient handoffs to on-call physicians, capturing active problems and pending workups Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Specialist referral communication — composes clear and clinically relevant referral requests that convey diagnosis, urgency, and specific consultation questions O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  3. Family communication — explains diagnosis, treatment rationale, and prognosis to patient families, adjusting complexity based on health literacy level Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
Applying
  1. Discharge summary authorship — writes comprehensive discharge summaries that document hospital course, medication changes, pending results, and follow-up plans for transmittal to primary care physicians O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Informed consent communication — conducts structured informed consent discussions that ensure patient understanding of risks, benefits, and alternatives for procedures and treatment plans Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  3. Difficult-news delivery — communicates serious diagnoses, prognosis changes, or goals-of-care transitions to patients and families with clinical precision and empathetic framing Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  4. Interdisciplinary team communication — leads daily care conferences integrating input from nursing, pharmacy, social work, and therapy to coordinate unified inpatient care plans O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
Exceeding
  1. System-level communication design — develops standardized communication protocols and handoff tools that reduce information loss and improve patient safety across the hospitalist service Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Physician educator communication — models and teaches effective patient communication techniques to medical residents and students in live clinical encounters Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  3. Health system advocacy communication — presents quality improvement data and patient outcome findings to hospital leadership and committees to influence care delivery policy Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
2Leadership11 statements
Emerging
  1. Care team direction — gives clear and timely task assignments to nursing staff for individual patients under attending supervision O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Patient care initiative — proactively identifies deteriorating patients and escalates concerns to senior physicians without waiting for prompting Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Developing
  1. Nursing and support staff coordination — directs and coordinates patient care activities of nursing and ancillary staff across an assigned inpatient panel O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Resident supervision — provides direct oversight to medical residents during rounds, offering clinical guidance and reviewing their diagnostic and treatment decisions O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  3. Discharge process leadership — drives timely discharge planning by coordinating case managers, social workers, and the care team around patient-specific barriers Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
Applying
  1. Hospitalist service leadership — assumes shift-level leadership responsibility for patient assignments, resource allocation, and team workflow across the inpatient unit Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Quality improvement initiative leadership — leads departmental efforts to reduce readmission rates, improve length-of-stay metrics, or standardize clinical protocols Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  3. Interprofessional team leadership — chairs goals-of-care family meetings, unifying medical, nursing, social work, and palliative care perspectives into actionable patient-centered plans Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
Exceeding
  1. Hospitalist program development — designs and implements service structures, staffing models, and clinical pathways that optimize inpatient care delivery at the system level Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Physician leadership mentorship — mentors junior hospitalists and trainees in developing clinical leadership identity, decision authority, and team management capabilities Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  3. Health system change leadership — champions hospital-wide patient safety or operational transformation initiatives, building coalition across departments and administration Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
3Metacognition10 statements
Emerging
  1. Diagnostic uncertainty awareness — recognizes the boundaries of personal clinical knowledge and identifies when a case exceeds current competency, prompting supervision or consultation Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Post-encounter self-reflection — reflects on clinical decisions made during rounds and identifies specific areas requiring further study or skill development Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Developing
  1. Clinical reasoning monitoring — pauses during complex diagnostic workups to evaluate whether initial assumptions are still supported by incoming test results and patient data Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Learning strategy calibration — selects targeted study approaches based on identified gaps in inpatient medicine knowledge revealed through clinical encounters Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  3. Feedback integration — incorporates structured feedback from senior physicians into observable changes in clinical practice and patient communication Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Applying
  1. Cognitive bias identification — actively examines own diagnostic reasoning for anchoring, availability, or premature closure bias during ambiguous inpatient presentations Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Practice pattern evaluation — periodically audits own prescribing patterns, diagnostic accuracy, and outcome data to identify systematic gaps in clinical performance Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  3. Adaptive expertise deployment — adjusts clinical decision-making approach when standard inpatient protocols fail to account for patient complexity or atypical presentations Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
Exceeding
  1. Metacognitive modeling — explicitly teaches medical trainees to monitor their own diagnostic reasoning processes and recognize the conditions that produce clinical errors Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Reflective practice culture — establishes team norms that normalize uncertainty acknowledgment, error disclosure, and collective learning from adverse clinical events Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
4Critical Thinking10 statements
Emerging
  1. Differential diagnosis generation — constructs a prioritized differential diagnosis list for common inpatient presentations such as chest pain, dyspnea, and altered mental status Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Laboratory result interpretation — identifies abnormal values in basic metabolic panels, complete blood counts, and urinalyses and links findings to clinical symptoms O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
Developing
  1. Diagnostic test evaluation — critically appraises the sensitivity, specificity, and pretest probability implications of ordered laboratory and imaging studies before and after results return Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Evidence appraisal — evaluates clinical literature and evidence-based guidelines to determine applicability to individual inpatient cases with complicating comorbidities Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  3. Medication risk-benefit analysis — weighs risks, benefits, contraindications, and interaction profiles when selecting or modifying pharmacologic treatment regimens for inpatients O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
Applying
  1. Complex diagnostic synthesis — integrates multisystem clinical data, imaging findings, and subspecialty input to form a unifying diagnosis in diagnostically challenging inpatient cases Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Clinical judgment under uncertainty — makes time-sensitive treatment decisions for unstable inpatients when definitive diagnostic information is incomplete or delayed Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  3. Assumption challenge — identifies when working diagnoses or treatment plans rest on unexamined assumptions and systematically tests those assumptions against available evidence Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Exceeding
  1. Diagnostic framework development — constructs institution-specific clinical pathways and decision frameworks for high-frequency inpatient conditions based on critical synthesis of evidence and local outcome data Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Systems-level critical analysis — evaluates hospital care processes, readmission patterns, and outcome metrics through rigorous analytical frameworks to identify root causes and design interventions Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
5Collaboration10 statements
Emerging
  1. Interprofessional acknowledgment — recognizes and respects the distinct roles of nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, and case management in the inpatient care team Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Consultation request execution — places appropriate specialist consultation requests with accurate clinical summaries and clearly defined questions O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
Developing
  1. Multidisciplinary rounds participation — contributes clinical reasoning and patient-specific context during interprofessional rounding meetings, incorporating team input into care decisions Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Social services collaboration — works with social workers and case managers to address housing, safety, substance use, and post-discharge support barriers identified during admission O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  3. Pharmacy collaboration — engages clinical pharmacists in medication reconciliation, renal dosing adjustments, and polypharmacy review for complex inpatients Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Applying
  1. Discharge planning collaboration — coordinates among nursing, case management, social work, and outpatient providers to build safe and executable discharge plans for medically and socially complex patients O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Specialist integration — synthesizes recommendations from multiple consulting services into a coherent, prioritized inpatient care plan that resolves conflicting guidance Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  3. Conflict navigation — mediates disagreements between care team members, patients, and families regarding treatment goals by facilitating structured dialogue and shared decision-making Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Exceeding
  1. Collaborative model innovation — designs and implements collaborative care models such as co-management agreements with surgery or orthopedics that improve inpatient outcomes through structured interprofessional workflows Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Cross-system collaboration leadership — builds collaborative relationships with post-acute care facilities, home health agencies, and primary care networks to reduce care fragmentation at transitions Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
6Character10 statements
Emerging
  1. Professional accountability — accepts responsibility for errors in clinical documentation, medication orders, or communication and discloses them appropriately to supervisors Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Patient confidentiality adherence — maintains strict compliance with HIPAA standards when discussing patient information across verbal, written, and electronic channels Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Developing
  1. Ethical reasoning application — identifies and articulates ethical tensions in inpatient care scenarios such as capacity determination, surrogate decision-making, and resource allocation Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Patient dignity preservation — treats all inpatients with respect regardless of socioeconomic status, substance use history, mental illness, or behavioral presentation Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  3. Honest uncertainty disclosure — communicates diagnostic uncertainty to patients and families honestly, avoiding overconfident prognostic statements unsupported by evidence Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
Applying
  1. Integrity in high-stakes decisions — maintains ethical standards when facing institutional pressures to discharge prematurely, limit workup, or defer necessary specialist consultation Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Consistent professionalism — models punctuality, preparedness, respectful communication, and accountability across all clinical shifts regardless of workload or fatigue Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  3. Conflict of interest management — recognizes and discloses potential conflicts in prescribing, referral, or research activities, prioritizing patient welfare over institutional or personal interests Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Exceeding
  1. Ethics committee contribution — serves on hospital ethics committees and contributes clinical expertise to the resolution of complex cases involving informed consent, futility, and end-of-life care Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Professional culture stewardship — establishes and enforces departmental norms of honesty, accountability, and patient-centered care, addressing unprofessional conduct directly and constructively Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
7Creativity9 statements
Emerging
  1. Diagnostic reframing — considers alternative diagnostic explanations when initial workup fails to confirm the leading hypothesis for an inpatient presentation Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Patient engagement adaptation — devises creative approaches to engage patients with low health literacy, language barriers, or cognitive impairment in their own care planning Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Developing
  1. Individualized care plan design — constructs patient-specific treatment plans that adapt evidence-based protocols to account for unique comorbidity combinations, patient preferences, and social constraints Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Workflow problem-solving — identifies inefficiencies in rounding, handoff, or documentation processes and proposes novel adjustments that improve team throughput and communication Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Applying
  1. Novel diagnostic synthesis — integrates clinical patterns across disparate data sources to generate a unifying diagnosis not immediately apparent from standard algorithms in atypical or rare presentations Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Care transition innovation — designs creative discharge solutions such as hospital-at-home arrangements or bridge clinic models that safely extend care beyond traditional inpatient boundaries Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  3. Teaching method innovation — develops case-based, simulation, or bedside teaching formats that engage medical trainees in active clinical reasoning rather than passive instruction Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Exceeding
  1. Clinical pathway innovation — creates novel evidence-informed order sets or care pathways for high-volume inpatient conditions that reduce variation and improve measurable outcomes Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Research question generation — identifies clinically meaningful gaps in hospitalist medicine and translates them into testable research questions or quality improvement study designs Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
8Growth Mindset10 statements
Emerging
  1. Clinical feedback receptivity — accepts corrective feedback from attending physicians and supervisors on diagnostic reasoning or treatment decisions without defensiveness Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Knowledge gap pursuit — responds to unfamiliar inpatient presentations by consulting evidence-based resources such as UpToDate or primary literature during or after clinical encounters Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
Developing
  1. Setback learning — after adverse outcomes, near-misses, or diagnostic errors, conducts structured personal reflection to extract learnable lessons rather than attributing events to unavoidable factors Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Skill expansion commitment — pursues training in new procedural or clinical competencies relevant to inpatient medicine such as point-of-care ultrasound or palliative care communication Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  3. Peer learning engagement — actively seeks peer review, chart audits, or mortality and morbidity conference participation as tools for identifying personal practice gaps Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Applying
  1. Continuous practice improvement — uses patient outcome data, readmission analyses, and peer benchmarking to set specific, measurable goals for clinical performance improvement Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Challenge embrace — voluntarily accepts complex, diagnostically ambiguous, or high-acuity patient assignments as opportunities to advance clinical capabilities Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  3. CME-driven practice evolution — integrates new clinical evidence from continuing medical education into observable changes in prescribing, diagnostic, or management practices Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Exceeding
  1. Growth culture cultivation — fosters a departmental learning culture by normalizing case presentations of errors and near-misses, celebrating intellectual humility, and institutionalizing peer feedback mechanisms Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Mentorship-based growth acceleration — structures mentoring relationships with junior hospitalists and trainees that use deliberate practice and individualized feedback to accelerate clinical mastery Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
9Mindfulness10 statements
Emerging
  1. Attentive patient presence — maintains full attentional focus during patient interviews, resisting distraction from pagers, phones, or competing task demands Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Emotional state awareness — recognizes personal emotional reactions triggered by high-acuity events or difficult patient interactions before those reactions influence clinical judgment Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Developing
  1. Cognitive load regulation — employs systematic approaches such as structured checklists and forced pauses to manage cognitive overload during high-census inpatient shifts Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Intentional communication — consciously adjusts tone, pace, and body language when communicating with distressed patients or families, rather than defaulting to task-focused efficiency Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  3. Transition mindfulness — uses brief cognitive reset practices between patient encounters to prevent emotional carryover from one complex case to the next Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Applying
  1. Sustained attention under pressure — maintains diagnostic rigor and documentation quality during extended or overnight shifts characterized by high patient volume and frequent interruptions Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Burnout self-monitoring — recognizes early personal signs of compassion fatigue or physician burnout and initiates proactive recovery strategies before clinical performance deteriorates Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  3. Deliberate clinical presence — conducts patient encounters with full attentional engagement even during the final hours of a demanding shift, ensuring history accuracy and patient trust Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Exceeding
  1. Team wellbeing modeling — explicitly demonstrates and teaches mindful clinical practice to residents and junior colleagues, normalizing self-regulation and emotional awareness as professional competencies Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. System-level wellbeing advocacy — identifies structural contributors to physician burnout within the hospitalist service and advocates for scheduling, workload, or support resource changes that protect team wellbeing Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
10Fortitude10 statements
Emerging
  1. High-acuity exposure tolerance — maintains functional clinical performance during initial encounters with critically ill, rapidly deteriorating, or dying inpatients despite significant emotional and cognitive stress Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Workload persistence — sustains clinical task completion through high-census days with multiple simultaneous admissions and discharges without abandoning documentation or care quality Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Developing
  1. Sustained uncertainty navigation — continues to act decisively in the management of diagnostically ambiguous inpatient cases without excessive hesitation or unwarranted escalation Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab. O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
  2. Post-adverse-event continuation — returns to full clinical function following a patient death, a serious complication, or a medical error after appropriate processing and support Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  3. Conflict endurance — persists through prolonged disagreements with patients, families, or consulting teams regarding care goals without abandoning evidence-based positions under social pressure Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Applying
  1. Overnight and extended shift resilience — maintains diagnostic accuracy, communication quality, and professional conduct through overnight call shifts characterized by continuous high-acuity demands Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. End-of-life care fortitude — engages repeatedly and fully in goals-of-care conversations, comfort-focused care delivery, and family support for dying inpatients without emotional withdrawal Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  3. Systemic adversity navigation — continues delivering high-quality inpatient care during institutional disruptions such as staffing shortages, electronic health record failures, or pandemic surge conditions Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Exceeding
  1. Courageous advocacy — challenges suboptimal institutional decisions, unsafe staffing levels, or systemic barriers to patient care through appropriate channels, accepting professional risk in service of patient welfare Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
  2. Resilience culture building — models and teaches fortitude to medical trainees and junior colleagues by openly discussing personal strategies for sustaining performance through prolonged professional adversity Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.
Sources:Pathsmith Durable SkillsPathsmith Durable Skills Framework — America Succeeds + CompTIA. Opens in new tab.O*NET v30.2O*NET Resource Center — Occupational Information Network, v30.2 (Sept 2025). Opens in new tab.
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Academic Hospitalist · Consultant Physician · DO Physician (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Physician) · Hospitalist · Hospitalist Medical Doctor (Hospitalist MD) · Hospitalist Nocturnist Physician · Hospitalist Physician · Intensivist · Internal Medicine Hospitalist · MD (Medical Doctor) · Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Hospitalist (Neonatal ICU Hospitalist) · Neurohospitalist
RAPIDS apprenticeships
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O*NET skills
Active LearningSocial PerceptivenessActive ListeningCritical ThinkingComplex Problem SolvingJudgment and Decision MakingSpeakingReading ComprehensionMonitoringService OrientationCoordinationWritingScienceLearning StrategiesTime ManagementPersuasionInstructingSystems AnalysisSystems EvaluationMathematicsNegotiationManagement of Personnel Resources
Knowledge domains
Medicine and DentistryBiologyEnglish LanguagePsychologyEducation and TrainingTherapy and CounselingCustomer and Personal ServiceAdministration and ManagementComputers and ElectronicsSociology and Anthropology
Abilities
Inductive ReasoningOral ExpressionOral ComprehensionWritten ComprehensionDeductive ReasoningSpeech ClarityWritten ExpressionProblem SensitivityNear VisionSpeech Recognition
Work styles
Attention to DetailDependabilityStress ToleranceIntegrityCooperationCautiousness
Technology
Billing and invoicing softwareMedical softwareElectronic mail softwareMobile location based services softwareInformation retrieval or search softwareSpreadsheet softwareOffice suite softwarePresentation softwareWord processing softwareVoice recognition software
Tasks · seed anchors for statements
  1. Diagnose, treat, or provide continuous care to hospital inpatients.
  2. Prescribe medications or treatment regimens to hospital inpatients.
  3. Order or interpret the results of tests such as laboratory tests and radiographs (x-rays).
  4. Admit patients for hospital stays.
  5. Conduct discharge planning and discharge patients.
  6. Write patient discharge summaries and send them to primary care physicians.
  7. Refer patients to medical specialists, social services, or other professionals as appropriate.
  8. Direct, coordinate, or supervise the patient care activities of nursing or support staff.
CIP education codes
51.120151.120251.140361.010161.010561.010661.011361.011661.011861.012161.012261.012561.019961.020361.020561.020661.020861.020961.021061.021261.021361.021561.021661.021861.029961.030161.039961.080661.080761.080861.080961.081061.081261.081361.081461.081661.081861.089961.090161.090261.090361.090461.099961.130461.150261.150361.160161.169961.170161.170261.179961.180461.190261.200161.200261.209961.230161.230261.230361.239961.250161.259961.9999

Sources: O*NET v30.2 (CC BY 4.0), SkillsCrosswalk.com, LER.me, Anthropic Economic Index, SAFI (Jadhav & Danve, 2026), WEF Skills Taxonomy 2021, Pathsmith Durable Skills Framework. © 2026 EBSCOed.