There are indeed med students who are passionate about general practice.

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Because of the nasty competition/comparison in med schools, it makes people who truly wanna become a GP look dumb.:mad: It's not the case that everyone wanna become a specialist.

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Your logic is not unlike your lower intestine, stinky and loaded with danger.
 
Because of the nasty competition/comparison in med schools, it makes people who truly wanna become a GP look dumb.:mad: It's not the case that everyone wanna become a specialist.


I dont care what they say.. I agree with you! At one time there were not many specialties..
There is nothing wrong with having passion for General medicine.. The big thing is to find the "niche" that is good for you!..

Although it seems like in certain cases the Family Practioner or someone doing General Medicine doesnt get the rank/respect of the lets say the cardiothoracic surgeon or even Ears Nose and Throat..
 
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What exactly are you talking about? "GPs" don't really exist anymore. If you want to be a "generalist" you have to pick a specialty.

General Internists are specialists in the medical diseases of adults.

Family Practioners are specialists in ambulatory and preventative care.


While this might not be the case on SDN, I don't get the sense that there is a pervasive predjudice against IM, FP, or students interested in those fields. I think you can make a solid case that a cardiothoracic surgeon deserves more respect/prestige/kwan/whatever than some of the rest of us due to their extensive training, highly difficult technical skill, and risk/reward practice ratios.

As a student who just went through the Match with my classmates I didn't get any sense of "oh well John is JUST doing family med." Quite to the contrary the attitude is one of "find what you love and be good at it."
 
Really? I thought primary care was alive and well here on SDN? :confused:
 
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