Comments on: Generalists get no respect http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/generalists-get-no-respect.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Zagreus Ammonhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/generalists-get-no-respect.html#comment-85572 Zagreus Ammon Tue, 13 May 2008 13:57:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/generalists-get-no-respect.html#comment-85572 Stripping? <br/><br/>Do strippers graduate to lap dances?<br/><br/>Breadth of knowledge and skills at synthesis are minimal requirements of a good generalist. However this is not depth of expertise as is traditionally understood by "enhanced expertise". All my skills are not unusual in an of themselves, but it is unusual for one person to do as much as I can do (of course I stand with every other primary doc out there). Stripping?

Do strippers graduate to lap dances?

Breadth of knowledge and skills at synthesis are minimal requirements of a good generalist. However this is not depth of expertise as is traditionally understood by “enhanced expertise”. All my skills are not unusual in an of themselves, but it is unusual for one person to do as much as I can do (of course I stand with every other primary doc out there).

]]> By: Sebastianhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/generalists-get-no-respect.html#comment-85571 Sebastian Tue, 13 May 2008 13:40:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/generalists-get-no-respect.html#comment-85571 Perhaps primary care physicians should be renamed as Diagnosticians. The 'specialized' name in itself would increase our stature. Much of society's preconceptions have root in language and names. Garbage men have been renamed to sanitation engineers and janitors to maintenance engineers. If an endocrinologist was renamed to hormone manager and a dermatologist to skin engineer, I expect they would garner less respect. Perhaps primary care physicians should be renamed as Diagnosticians. The ‘specialized’ name in itself would increase our stature. Much of society’s preconceptions have root in language and names. Garbage men have been renamed to sanitation engineers and janitors to maintenance engineers. If an endocrinologist was renamed to hormone manager and a dermatologist to skin engineer, I expect they would garner less respect.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/generalists-get-no-respect.html#comment-85561 Anonymous Tue, 13 May 2008 03:39:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/generalists-get-no-respect.html#comment-85561 Primary care docs do have enhanced expertise--in primary care. I am not in primary care and respect the skills of top general internists as the top of the medical profession. Of the top people in med school class, half went into high paying surgical subspecialties, and half into Family Medicine or general internal medicine. Of course that was in the "old days" of the 80's. Primary care docs do have enhanced expertise–in primary care. I am not in primary care and respect the skills of top general internists as the top of the medical profession. Of the top people in med school class, half went into high paying surgical subspecialties, and half into Family Medicine or general internal medicine. Of course that was in the “old days” of the 80′s.

]]> By: The Happy Hospitalisthttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/generalists-get-no-respect.html#comment-85552 The Happy Hospitalist Mon, 12 May 2008 18:54:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/generalists-get-no-respect.html#comment-85552 stripping stripping

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/generalists-get-no-respect.html#comment-85550 Anonymous Mon, 12 May 2008 17:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/generalists-get-no-respect.html#comment-85550 Name one field where enhanced expertise in a topic doesn't garner more respect. Name one field where enhanced expertise in a topic doesn’t garner more respect.

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