tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post116696680095728472..comments2023-07-14T02:53:40.719-07:00Comments on retired doc's thoughts: Is being a hospitalist the only way to still be a old time internist?james gaultehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-1167264791177770862006-12-27T16:13:00.000-08:002006-12-27T16:13:00.000-08:00The days when most docs went into private practice...The days when most docs went into private practice after a 1-year internship, and internists specialized in seeing complex patients, are long gone. Today internists are just 1 of the 3 types of primary care docs- peds for children, internists for adults, and family docs for children and adults. <BR/>Many med students go into internal med for one of 2 reasons these days: 1) they intend do a subspecialty fellowship after residency or 2) they want to be primary care docs but don't want to deal with kids or the surgical part of a family practice residency.Michael Rack, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365676269660178401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-1167156643037329662006-12-26T10:10:00.000-08:002006-12-26T10:10:00.000-08:00Doctors are bizarre in their self-absorption. The...Doctors are bizarre in their self-absorption. The question is NOT whether reimbursements schemes should be re-jiggered so that internists can do what they want to do. Only doctors are so arrogant as to assert that markets must be moved so that they can do what they want to do.<BR/><BR/>Is there a need for internists? Do they provide for better outcomes? Either show that 1. patients prefer them or 2. have some nice, rigorous randomized studies demonstrative effectivness.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, please shut up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com