In Defense of Generalists: Primary Care Observations Have Systematic Advantages.

IF 2.4 3区 医学 Q1 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Steven D Stovitz, Ian Shrier, Hailey R Banack, Jay S Kaufman
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Abstract

There is a perception that physician specialists are the experts, and that generalists, often called primary care physicians, are the 'Jack of all trades, master of none.' However, this perception ignores the knowledge that comes from clinical observations, and it is here where the generalist viewpoint has advantages. Generalists observe patients before and after they develop medical concerns. In contrast, the clinical experiences of specialists are often focused on a subset of the population, typically based on certain concerns or age groups. Seeing only a slice of the population may lead to biased clinical perceptions for the effects of behaviors, conditions, or treatments in the general population. In this commentary we demonstrate that limiting clinical observations to patients who have a certain condition or are above a certain age can make exposures which are harmful seem beneficial, and exposures which are beneficial seem harmful. Using hypothetical examples, we illustrate that there are systematic reasons why generalists who see patients over the long-term, both before and after medical concerns, can have a more accurate vantagepoint.

为全科医生辩护:初级保健观察具有系统优势。
有一种看法认为,专科医生是专家,而通才(通常被称为初级保健医生)是“样样通,样样不精”。然而,这种看法忽略了来自临床观察的知识,而这正是通才观点的优势所在。通才在病人出现医疗问题之前和之后观察他们。相比之下,专家的临床经验往往集中在人口的一个子集上,通常是基于某些问题或年龄组。只看到一小部分人群可能会导致对一般人群的行为、条件或治疗效果的临床看法存在偏见。在这篇评论中,我们证明,将临床观察限制在患有某种疾病或超过一定年龄的患者身上,可以使有害的暴露看起来是有益的,而有益的暴露看起来是有害的。使用假设的例子,我们说明了为什么通才在医疗问题之前和之后长期看病人,可以有更准确的优势,这是有系统的原因的。
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CiteScore
4.90
自引率
6.90%
发文量
168
审稿时长
4-8 weeks
期刊介绍: Published since 1988, the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine ( JABFM ) is the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). Believing that the public and scientific communities are best served by open access to information, JABFM makes its articles available free of charge and without registration at www.jabfm.org. JABFM is indexed by Medline, Index Medicus, and other services.
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