LETTER
Adult (Not Internal) Medicine
Mark J. Corapi, MD, and
Anthony J. Calio, MD
1 June 1998 | Volume 128 Issue 11 | Page 958
TO THE EDITOR:
We read with interest Dr. Goldman's editorial [1]. In 1986, shortly after Kurtz and Goodman wrote about the adult medicine specialist [2], we posted in our office waiting room an explanation of what an internist is. Our patients were grateful and uniformly told us that they had no clue as to what "internist" meant. They somehow knew we are not interns, but patients expected some kind of "internal" examination. We certainly need to do better in a competitive patient care environment in defining what we do.
We also need to do better as a specialty in leveling the playing field in a competitive residency recruitment environment. Unfortunately, medical students do not seem to be sure what it is internists do in delivering primary care to adults.
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Winthrop-University Hospital; Long Island, NY 11501
1. Goldman L. Adult (not internal) medicine [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 1997; 127:835-6.
2. Kurtz KJ, Goodman PH. The adult medicine specialist. Am J Med. 1985; 78:725-6.
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