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Two decades ago, most doctors who chose a career as a primary care physician did not imagine a professional life restricted to the outpatient setting. The architects of training programs in primary care believed physicians would serve patients best if they developed skills to work expertly in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Thus, they designed programs with a substantial amount of training in outpatient settings, but the majority of the training still occurred in the hospital. Trainees were attracted to general medicine and family medicine for their broad scope; they enjoyed the variety of caring for healthy, acutely ill, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (A.M.E.).

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