“Oh, You Can Do That?”

I went to medical school to be a surgeon. At least, that ’s what I thought I wanted to become because I loved the prospect of doing procedures. I had no real knowledge of primary care, what it encompassed, and what a career in primary care could provide for my patients. Just last week one of my students said to me, “I thought all you did in primary ca re was physicals and refer patients to specialists.” Yes, we’ve all heard this inaccurate stigma before, and we’ve all tried to successfully break it down.
Source: Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice - Category: Primary Care Authors: Tags: Foreword Source Type: research