Comments on: Mid-levels as hospitalists http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/mid-levels-as-hospitalists.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/mid-levels-as-hospitalists.html#comment-85765 Anonymous Fri, 23 May 2008 23:55:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/mid-levels-as-hospitalists.html#comment-85765 Putting the minimally trained people taking care of the sickest patients is just dumb. But dumb is in.<br/><br/>One of the most enduring clinal pearls that has held true in 3 decades of practice was the one by one old internist who cautioned me to never make assumptions about anyone having or exercising good common sense in clinical medicine. As he put it:<br/><br/>"Common sense is uncommon." Putting the minimally trained people taking care of the sickest patients is just dumb. But dumb is in.

One of the most enduring clinal pearls that has held true in 3 decades of practice was the one by one old internist who cautioned me to never make assumptions about anyone having or exercising good common sense in clinical medicine. As he put it:

“Common sense is uncommon.”

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