Role of the Primary Care Physician in Occupational and Environmental Medicine (1988) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 71-73
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These factors compound the increasingly recognized physician dissatisfaction with the sharp discrepancy in personal reward between the non-procedure-oriented primary care practice and the procedure-oriented specialty. Despite these constraints, the committee feels that there is a mosaic of feasible steps that could enhance this area of medical practice considerably, with greater satisfaction for physician and patient alike.
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The startlingly few identifiable curricular hours continue, despite vigorous efforts over the past decade by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and others that have had only minimal impact. A major reason is the lack of faculty with expertise in occupational or environmental medicine or sufficient peer recognition to successfully compete for time in a medical school curriculum committee.
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These are issues of great importance in medicine today, and they will not likely be addressed in the field of occupational and environmental medicine alone. Finally, meetings with several groups of practicing physicians have emphasized the reality of a rapidly changing scene of primary care.
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