A general internist is a physician who provides scientifically based, empathic care for the nonsurgical illnesses of adolescents and adults. This care tends to be characterized by a mutual personal commitment between doctor and patient, by stability over time, by substantial breadth, by availability, and by an appropriate attention to elements of human support, sensitivity, and concern. It is m...

*Department of Emergency Medicine, †University of Michigan Injury Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, ‡Los Angeles Emergency Medicine Center, University of California, Los Angeles, California, §Department of Emergency Medicine, Kings County SUNY Downstate Hospitals, Brooklyn, New York, kPediatric Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, {School ...

BACKGROUND Although medical specialists traditionally hold negative views towards working part-time, the practice of medicine has evolved. Given the trend towards more part-time work and that there is no evidence that it compromises the quality of care, attitudes towards part-time work may have changed as well in recent years. The aim of this paper was to examine the possible changes in attitud...

Hyuk Jun Yang, Gi Woon Kim, Gyu Chong Cho, Yang Ju Tak, Sung Phil Chung, Sung Oh Hwang Department of Emergency Medicine, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea Department of Emergency Medicine, Ajou University College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea Department of Emergency Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea 4 Division of Emergency Rescue, Korea National U...

Christopher Kabrhel, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA D. Mark Courtney, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Carlos A. Camargo Jr, MD, DrPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Michael C. Plewa, MD, De...

Introduction: Disaster medicine education is a huge challenge, but essential to disaster preparedness. While natural disasters have always been part of world events, recent large-scale and man-made drawn attention medicine. As consequence, medical schools in many parts the begun incorporate disaster-related topics into their curricula. However, territory former USSR, has just its development, a...

Orthopaedic sports medicine is currently a well established subspecialty of orthopaedic surgery in Singapore. It had its beginnings in the late 1960s and has since grown to be one of the major orthopaedic subspecialties. Knee, shoulder and ankle injuries constitute the majority of cases seen by the orthopaedic sports medicine specialists. Significant scientific contributions to the internationa...