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Letters |15 December 1993

Subdividing Departments of Medicine

James P. Nolan, MD; John D. Stobo, MD; Jim Terwilliger, MD

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Contrary to the views of Dr. Hood and Dr. Goldsmith that new departments should be created, the Association of Professors of Medicine believes that a symbiotic relationship between the core (general internal medicine) and the exterior (the subspecialties) best prepares medical students and residents in internal medicine for a career in practice, teaching, or research.
Both general internal medicine and the subspecialties would lose if a breakup of departments occurred. Generalists would be deprived of exposure to, and knowledge from, the cardiologist, gastroenterologist, and so forth, thus impairing their abilities to make broad-based and informed clinical decisions. The...
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Nolan JP, Stobo JD, Terwilliger J. Subdividing Departments of Medicine. Ann Intern Med. 1993;119:1225–1226. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-119-12-199312150-00025

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1993;119(12):1225-1226.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-119-12-199312150-00025

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