The generalist solutionist

Benchmarking the future generalist workforce.

CONTEXT Previous workforce analyses by the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) have concluded that the United States has too few, or just enough, generalists. However, recent trends suggest that more physicians are entering primary care, raising the possibility of a future surplus. OBJECTIVE To project the future supply of generalists relative to future requirements. DESIGN We dev...

Can the generalist survive the 21st century?

Reading and Generalist Genes

Twin-study research suggests that many (but not all) of the same genes contribute to genetic influence on diverse learning abilities and disabilities, a hypothesis called generalist genes. This generalist genes hypothesis was tested using a set of 10 DNA markers (single nucleotide polymorphisms [SNPs]) found to be associated with early reading ability in a study of 4,258 7-year-old children tha...

David Oliver: Celebrating the expert generalist.

In 2011 the Royal College of General Practitioners led a commission onmedical generalists.Definitions vary, but I like the response from the Medical Schools Council: “doctors prepared to deal with any problem presenting to them, unrestricted by particular body systems and including problems with psychological or social causes as well as physical ones.” The Royal College of Physicians has emphas...

The making of a medical generalist.