Sir William Osler: Would He Have Made His Relative Value Units (RVUs)?
Authors: Howard H. Weitz
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2019)

Ideas and Opinions6 August 2019Sir William Osler: Would He Have Made His Relative Value Units (RVUs)?Howard H. Weitz, MDHoward H. Weitz, MDSidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (H.H.W.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M19-0665 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail For 40 years, the 2-volume set rested, unread, on my bookshelf. Recently, coincident with the 100th year of his death, I opened The Life of Sir William Osler, Harvey Cushing's biography of the “father of modern medicine.” The book divides Osler's life into 4 periods: the Canadian period (1849–1884), which included his upbringing, his medical education, and his first faculty position at McGill University; the Philadelphia period (1884–1889) as Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; the Baltimore period (1889–1905) as Physician-in-Chief of the new Johns Hopkins Hospital; and the Oxford period (1905–1919) as the Regius Chair of ...References1. Krumbhaar EB. Additional notes on Osler in Philadelphia. Arch Intern Med (Chic). 1949;84:26-33. doi:10.1001/archinte.1949.00230010036007 CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Cushing H. The Life of Sir William Osler: 2 Volumes. Oxford, United Kingdom: Clarendon Pr; 1925. Google Scholar3. 13th Report of the Board of Managers of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending 31 December 1887. Philadelphia: Collins; 1888. Google Scholar4. Sinard JH; Autopsy Committee of the College of American Pathologists. Accounting for the professional work of pathologists performing autopsies. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2013;137:228-32. [PMID: 23368865] doi:10.5858/arpa.2012-0012-CP CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Hsiao WC, Braun P, Dunn D, et al. Results and policy implications of the resource-based relative-value study. N Engl J Med. 1988;319:881-8. [PMID: 3045557] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (H.H.W.)Acknowledgment: The author thanks Timothy H. Horning of the University of Pennsylvania Archives for providing access to the Osler Collection.Disclosures: The author has disclosed no conflicts of interest. The form can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M19-0665.Corresponding Author: Howard H. Weitz, MD, Division of Cardiology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Suite 200, 925 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107; e-mail, Howard.[email protected]edu.Author Contributions: Conception and design: H.H. Weitz.Drafting of the article: H.H. Weitz.Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: H.H. Weitz.Final approval of the article: H.H. Weitz.This article was published at Annals.org on 2 July 2019. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byWhen the Aims and the Ends of Health Care MisalignNIH funding trends for neurosurgeon-scientists from 1993–2017: Biomedical workforce implications for neurooncologyTrustworthiness and Professionalism in Academic MedicineHow a Revolution Took Hold – The Standardized Patient Methodology 6 August 2019Volume 171, Issue 3Page: 208-209KeywordsArchivesAutopsyHospital medicineInpatientsMedical educationMedicareOutpatientsPatientsPrimary careResource based relative value scale ePublished: 2 July 2019 Issue Published: 6 August 2019 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2019 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...