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The push toward generalism: a view from surgery

M D Stone1, G Steele, J Doyle

  • 1Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215.

World Journal of Surgery
|September 1, 1994
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Health care reform proposals prioritizing generalists may undervalue surgery. This study argues general surgery is primary care and recommends integrating surgical training into medical education.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Health Workforce Policy
  • Surgical Care

Background:

  • Current health care reform proposals advocate for a physician workforce with at least 50% primary care physicians.
  • These proposals often operate on unproven assumptions regarding the definition and scope of primary care.
  • The exclusion of surgery from primary care definitions in these reforms has significant implications for medical training.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge the assumptions underlying health care reform proposals that may disadvantage general surgery.
  • To advocate for the inclusion of general surgery within the scope of primary care.
  • To propose evidence-based criteria for restructuring the physician workforce.

Main Methods:

  • Critical analysis of assumptions in current health care reform initiatives.

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  • Examination of the role of general surgery in addressing prevalent diseases.
  • Review of the efficiency and effectiveness of surgical care delivery.

    • Main Results:

    • The assumption that primary care excludes surgery is contested.
    • General surgery is argued to be a primary care service due to disease prevalence and the expertise of general surgeons.
    • Current reform proposals may inadequately address projected physician shortages in general surgery.

    Conclusions:

    • Health care reform must be based on rational criteria, including projected disease prevalence and practitioner efficiency.
    • Medical education should increase, not decrease, surgical training for medical students.
    • General surgeons should play a more active role in medical school curriculum development, teaching, and graduate training of primary care physicians.