JAMA Forum: Too Few Generalist Physicians Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Too Many Specialits

Aaron Carroll

June 26, 2013

A recently released article in Washington Monthly, “First Teach No Harm,” takes a hard look at the educational system producing our physician workforce. It notes we train too few generalists, and and also suggests we have too many specialists.

But do we? I address this in my latest post at the JAMA forum. Go read!

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

JAMA Forum: Too Few Generalist Physicians Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Too Many Specialits

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