The Declining Number and Variety of Procedures Done by General Internists
Authors: Join Y. Luh, Bernard M. Karnath
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2007)

Letters4 December 2007The Declining Number and Variety of Procedures Done by General InternistsJoin Y. Luh, MD and Bernard M. Karnath, MDJoin Y. Luh, MDFrom 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.Search for more papers by this author and Bernard M. Karnath, MDFrom 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.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-147-11-200712040-00020 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail 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 turn, competed with the access that internal medicine residents have for ...References1. Wigton RS, Alguire P. The declining number and variety of procedures done by general internists: a resurvey of members of the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2007;146:355-60. [PMID: 17339620] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Luh JY, McDill TL, Karnath BM, Freeman DH, Speegle DL, Keeney SE. Physician staffing in emergency departments: results of a Texas survey. Tex Med. 2006;102:52-7. [PMID: 17128751] MedlineGoogle Scholar3. Wigton RS, Nicolas JA, Blank LL. Procedural skills of the general internist. A survey of 2500 physicians. Ann Intern Med. 1989;111:1023-34. [PMID: 2596769] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Join Y. Luh, MD; Bernard M. Karnath, MDAffiliations: 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.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoThe Declining Number and Variety of Procedures Done by General Internists: A Resurvey of Members of the American College of Physicians Robert S. Wigton and Patrick Alguire The Declining Number and Variety of Procedures Done by General Internists Michael A. LaCombe The Declining Number and Variety of Procedures Done by General Internists Thomas S. Metkus The Declining Number and Variety of Procedures Done by General Internists Robert S. Wigton and Patrick Alguire The Declining Number and Variety of Procedures Done by General Internists Jeanne M. Farnan and Vineet M. Arora Metrics Cited byNational Fluid Shifts: Fifteen-Year Trends in Paracentesis and Thoracentesis Procedures 4 December 2007Volume 147, Issue 11Page: 814-815KeywordsEmergency departmentEmergency medicineHospitalistsLumbar puncturePatientsPulmonary artery cathetersResidencySurgeonsSurgeryThorax ePublished: 4 December 2007 Issue Published: 4 December 2007 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2007 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...