Leadership and Learning

At the crux of CHEST as an organization is its educational offerings. Without its members, who volunteer their time to serve as faculty in leadership positions, the education provided by CHEST wouldn’t be possible.

A sincere thank you is extended to every member of CHEST who takes the time to lend their expertise to improve chest medicine and patient care.

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2022 Overview

CHEST Annual Meeting 2022

Widely recognized for its immersive learning, access to the latest in clinical education, and opportunities for networking and community building, the CHEST Annual Meeting was hosted live for the first time since 2019. Held in Nashville, Tennessee, the event welcomed attendees from a variety of clinical backgrounds who were ready to be back in-person. The energy felt throughout the entire meeting was palpable.

Chart representing clinician attendance — Chart reflects 4,882 professional attendees at CHEST 2022.

4,882
ATTENDEES

2,034
ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS
AND CASE REPORTS

53%
MORE APP ATTENDEES
THAN IN 2021

31
CHEST EDUCATION
CURRICULUM CATEGORIES

3.70/4
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
ACHIEVEMENT

Education at CHEST 2022

Upholding its standing as a top immersive educator, the CHEST Annual Meeting 2022 debuted new educational games, escape rooms, patient case journeys, and a scavenger hunt challenge. Attendees were encouraged to participate in two live escape rooms on the exhibit hall floor including solving the puzzle of the Asthma Ascent.

There were 48 on-site simulation courses including Management of Variceal Bleeding, Airway Foreign Body Management, Managing Acute Respiratory Failure in Special Populations, and others.

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Unlike past meetings, CHEST 2022 in Nashville featured:

An off-site welcome reception with well-known music group, Sister Hazel
CHEST After Hours: an exclusive, emotional evening event
rapid-fire research sessions in the exhibit hall
member advocacy opportunities to address the press and to share “I care about…” messages
a collaborative mural in the wellness zone
local musicians performing throughout the conference center

CHEST 2022 RESEARCH ABSTRACTS »
LIVE STREAMS FROM CHEST 2022 »

#CHEST2022

CHEST social media hit record highs with sustained engagement throughout the entire meeting.

16,388
TWEETS

81.688
MILLION IMPRESSIONS

2,443
ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS

Meeting coverage

During the Annual Meeting, CHEST Daily News provides content coverage of the meeting for attendees who may have missed a session or late-breaking research. In 16 emails before, during, and following the conference, the Daily News provided 85 pieces of coverage for the Annual Meeting.

READ CHEST DAILY NEWS »

Invited to share research presented at the meeting, in Nashville, there were 31 registered media attendees (14 in-person), 45 interview requests, and 132 articles and videos covering the conference by publications, including HealthDay, Healio Pulmonology, MedScape, Pulmonology Advisor, Physician’s Weekly, NEJM Journal Watch, The American Journal of Managed Care, Rare Disease Advisor, and MedPage Today.

Notable coverage

Healio Pulmonology: Takeaways from CHEST 2022 with Parth Rali, MD

AJMC: Dr Arianne Baldomero Discusses Rural Health Care of Veterans With COPD

VIEW ALL MEDIA COVERAGE IN 2022 »

#CHEST2023

In 2023, the CHEST Annual Meeting will take place in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, for the first time since 2011.

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CHEST Networks

Chest Infections and Disaster Response Network icon

Diffuse Lung Disease and Lung Transplant Network icon

Pulmonary Vascular and Cardiovascular Network icon

Thoracic Oncology and Chest Procedures Network icon

Offering forums for leadership, education, and advocacy, the CHEST Networks—special interest groups that focus on specific areas of chest medicine—underwent a major transition in 2022.

The new structure provides members with more opportunities to act as content experts in CHEST initiatives and consists of 7 Networks with 22 Sections. The number of Networks and Sections allows for more leadership opportunities for members, including the positions of Section chairs, vice-chairs, and members-at-large. The layered approach helps reduce silos, foster collaboration between groups, and allows members of the chest medicine community to be integrated into Network opportunities.

90% of section chairs have never held a CHEST leadership role.

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Notable accomplishments in 2022

Chest Infections and Disaster Response Network

Experts discuss clinical management of RSV infection in the PICU

RSV WEBINAR »

Sleep Medicine Network

Collection of resources and updates on the Philips PAP device recalls

RECALL UPDATES »

Chest Infections and Disaster Response Network

An article about how clinicians can respond to firearm violence in America

FIREARM VIOLENCE ARTICLE »

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CHEST education

CHEST is well-known for its commitment to innovative and effective clinician education to improve medical aptitude, clinical skills, and patient outcomes. The organization offers everything from traditional learning through the CHEST SEEK™ Library and new curriculum pathways—both featuring peer-reviewed, case-based questions—to state-of-the-art hands-on learning opportunities through knowledge-based gaming and simulation courses covering the latest advancements in chest medicine.

13,994
UNIQUE LEARNERS

246,394
LEARNING INSTANCES*

*Includes meeting attendance, video and podcast streams, simulation course attendance, and more

Hands-on education through simulation

CHEST’s clinical education program is internationally recognized and accredited. We hold Accreditation With Commendation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and were the first medical association to receive accreditation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.

In 2022, CHEST offered 25 different courses at the Innovation, Simulation, and Training Center at its headquarters in Glenview, Illinois—including the newly added Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Nodules course—and welcomed 1,002 course attendees throughout the year.

At the CHEST Annual Meeting 2022 in Nashville, the simulation center offered 27 different sessions, with 48 overall opportunities, and welcomed 852 attendees, including 9 new offerings.

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VIEW UPCOMING COURSES »

Conversations with CHEST educators

Watch or listen to conversations with Alex Niven, MD, FCCP, and Jaspal Singh, MD, FCCP, about their experience as educators within CHEST’s simulation program.

Simulation Learning: Alex Niven, MD, FCCP »

Being an Educator: Jaspal Singh, MD, FCCP »

95%
OF ATTENDEES RATED CHEST FACULTY AS EFFECTIVE

94%
WORKSHOP SATISFACTION RATE BY ATTENDEES

93%
OF ATTENDEES WOULD RECOMMEND COURSES TO THEIR COLLEAGUES

Interactive gaming

Known for interactive learning, CHEST prides itself on the variety of available educational game experiences. With select games offering CME credit/MOC points, CHEST games mix advancing education with interactive participation and peer to peer competition through the player hub.

VISIT THE CHEST PLAYER HUB »

Interactive gaming

Known for interactive learning, CHEST prides itself on the variety of available educational game experiences. With select games offering CME credit/MOC points, CHEST games mix advancing education with interactive participation and peer to peer competition through the player hub.

VISIT THE CHEST PLAYER HUB »

32
GAMES

1,517
PLAYERS

5,234
PLAYED SESSIONS

Effectively studying with CHEST SEEK™ Learning Resources

One of CHEST’s most popular and enduring set of study products, CHEST SEEK™ learning resources, expanded in 2022 with new questions and new content options.

In the past year, CHEST released the 32nd edition of CHEST SEEK Critical Care Medicine via print and online, including 150 new, case-based questions. With this release came a variety of new content to help improve learner recall, contextualize results, and provide more feedback on learner performance, including:

the SEEK Supplemental Commentary collection, offering video responses from question authors;
25 topically diverse digital flashcards to support knowledge retention during study process; and
the optional SEEK Leaderboard, enabling learners to compete against their peers in the SEEK Study Pack.

MORE ABOUT CHEST SEEK LIBRARY »

In-depth learning with CHEST Curriculum Pathways

In 2022, CHEST launched a new type of educational offering. The CHEST Curriculum Pathway for Asthma combines the best of CHEST’s asthma resources into a single, CME-eligible, one-stop-shop collection. Available via desktop or mobile app, the pathway offers users a targeted curriculum, including research from the journal CHEST^®, case-based CHEST SEEK™ questions, videos and podcasts from experts in the field, and more.

ACCESS THE CHEST CURRICULUM PATHWAY FOR ASTHMA »

LOOKING AHEAD

In 2023, CHEST will develop additional pathways on other topics of interest to clinicians in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.

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Growth and Impact

Exploring new initiatives, work within the advocacy space, the new additions to the journal CHEST^® portfolio, and DEIB goals

Leadership and Learning

Homing in on the crux of CHEST and the faculty members who support the educational efforts

Member Communication and Engagement

How the organization engages and interacts with its clinician members, including video content, newsletters, and social media presence

The Way We Work

A look into the culture of CHEST and the work of the Human Resources department

Financials

Full transparency on where the organization earned and spent income