Healthcare
Hospitalists
Provide inpatient care predominantly in settings such as medical wards, acute care units, intensive care units, rehabilitation centers, or emergency rooms. Manage and coordinate patient care throughout treatment.
Median salary
Varied
Typical range
Varied
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
AI exposure
Education
Typical entry: Master's degree
Typical progression
Junior Hospitalists
Entry / Junior
Varied
~2 yrs to advance
Hospitalists
Established
Varied
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Hospitalists
Senior
Varied
Key skills
A typical day
- •Diagnose, treat, or provide continuous care to hospital inpatients.
- •Prescribe medications or treatment regimens to hospital inpatients.
- •Order or interpret the results of tests such as laboratory tests and radiographs (x-rays).
- •Admit patients for hospital stays.
- •Conduct discharge planning and discharge patients.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Healthcare
Explore all- Johns Hopkins University7% admit · $93,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- Duke University6% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.