Family medicine residencies should be 7 years. Here’s why.

I’m on my family medicine rotation right now.  One of my preceptors is about 80 years old, and went through medical school in the 1960s.  He is still sharp as a tack; he used to do C-sections, hernia repairs, appendectomies, fracture repairs, and get this — emergency burr holes for subdural hematomas (a.k.a. neurosurgery).  He stopped around 1997, mostly because he got tired of his morning cases getting bumped constantly for overnight emergencies and throwing off his schedule for the rest of the day when he had clinic in the afternoon. He has since moved out to Palm Springs, where he still sees more patients than any of his fellow physicians in the group, still does all his own trigger finger release surgeries and skin cancer excisions, and still administers the group.  In addition to all this, he is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met, beloved by his patients.  He truly epitomizes the fading glory days of family medicine, the ideal of the general practitioner who could truly do it all. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Education Primary care Residency Source Type: blogs