July 25, 2003
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The Medical College of Georgia - the largest medical school in southeastern U.S. - developed initiatives to increase to at least 50 percent the percentage of medical school graduates becoming generalist physicians.
July 1, 2003
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Program Result Report
The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston changed is curriculum to increase the number of generalist graduates overall and the number who ultimately practice in rural and underserved communities.
July 1, 2003
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New York Medical College, the largest private medical school in the United States, increased the percentage of graduates entering primary care careers from 1992 to 2001.
July 1, 2003
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Three Virginia medical schools developed a range of initiatives aimed at increasing to 50 percent the numbers of medical school graduates entering generalist practice in the state.
May 1, 2002
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Between 1996 and 2001, Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D., with the People-to-People Health Foundation, Millwood, Va., researched and wrote an oral history of generalist medical practice in the United States.
July 1, 2002
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RWJF launched the Generalist Provider Research Initiative in 1993 as part of an overall strategy to increase the number of generalist physicians relative to specialists.
July 1, 2002
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Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill examined the long-term impact of federal, state, and private investment on rural communities' physician recruitment and physician workforce stability.
July 1, 2002
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The University of Washington School of Medicine studied the feasibility and necessity of a new research project on the differences and similarities in the care provided by generalist and specialist physicians.
July 1, 2002
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From November 1993 to February 1994, Timothy Bell & Company identified key communication strategies and messages to help change the generalist/specialist mix in the physician workforce.
July 1, 2002
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Through a literature review and a survey of third-year medical residents conducted in 1994, the Oregon Health Sciences Foundation examined the factors that influence the choice of generalist versus subspecialty careers in internal medicine.