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The Declining Number and Variety of Procedures Done by General Internists
- Join Y. Luh, MD; and
- Bernard M. Karnath, MD
- From The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, and The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77555-0144.
TO THE EDITOR:
We read with interest the article by Wigton and Alguire (1) on the declining number and variety of procedures done by general internists. On the basis of experiences at our own institutions, we propose that this notable decline can be linked to the American Board of Emergency Medicine's decision, in 1990, to restrict board certification to those who are emergency medicine residents (2). This has led to an increased number of emergency medicine residencies to fill the demand for emergency department (ED) physicians, which has, in …
