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...what is clearly the most violent cultural wrench for UCLA is its decision to train fewer specialists and more medical generalists. Late last year, an audience of UCLA specialists listened in shocked silence as Alan Fogelman, chairman of the School of Medicine, outlined a vision of the future: "A tertiary cardiology specialist will be waiting for the phone to ring, but it won't." While it still emphasizes training medical scientists and, in fact, has a new program to attract top-notch students who will commit themselves to research but not practice, UCLA will no longer train students to practice...
...refutes Harvard's reputation as a specialtyand academic medicine school, saying "there is aconsensus at the medical school that we mustincrease generalist physician outcome...
Paveljit Bindra '94 will enter Harvard MedicalSchool and believes that "doing primary care is apersonal choice." Although Harvard focuses onresearch, he does not think he will be swayed formhis goal of becoming a generalist...
...recent years, interest in generalist care among the national medical school graduate population has dwindled from near 50 percent to somewhere around 25 percent. Allen says that Binghamton campus graduates have mirrored the numbers at the main campus, and have been consistent with national averages. In 1989 and 1990, however, Binghamton had more graduates entering primary care fields...
Baybank charges students older than 19 transaction fees plus $1.50 per month if their average account balance is below $250. Students are charged those fees, even if their account remains inactive over the summer, unless they place the account on hold, said Mike J. Gagnon, a Baybank service generalist...