Philosophy
Many people question the differences between the specialties of Med-Peds and Family Practice. A physician trained in Med-Peds can care for the newborn to the geriatric patients. Med-Peds prepares a physician well for private practice, academic medicine, hospitalist programs, and fellowships. Family practitioners typically receive formal obstetrical, gynecology, and surgical training, while Med-Peds doctors do not. Family Practice residents train for three years, while Med-Peds residents train for four. This extra year is thought to make Med-Peds physicians more proficient at treating and diagnosing more complex diseases, including more emphasis on critical care medicine. Med-peds physicians also receive equal training in adults and pediatrics (24 months of each) while family medicine physicians spend a larger percentage of their training working with mostly adults; most family physicians only spend a few months dedicated just to pediatrics. A trend also seen is that an increasing percentage of Med-Peds physicians treat inpatients (patients in the hospital) as opposed to an outpatient clinic setting.
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