View Full Version : Is ER Medicine part of Primary Care?


Pursuing MD
07-15-2002, 10:07 PM
Hello all...I just wanted to know if ER medicine is considered a part of primary care (along with Peds, internal medicine, Ob/Gyn; am I missing any?)? Thanks!

Dr/\/\om
07-16-2002, 07:39 AM
I've not seen EM included as primary care, even though much of the scope of their practice is "primary-care-type" medicine.

12R34Y
07-23-2002, 04:30 PM
yes......in the state of kansas it is considered primary care. ER is very much primary care with occasional true emergencies.

later

spyderdoc
08-08-2002, 09:52 PM
It is not considered a primary care field by the US Govt for purposes of primary care scholarships, etc. Although it should be, since most of what we do is primary care medicine, it is not.