{"id":9547,"date":"2020-02-09T21:46:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T02:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/?p=9547"},"modified":"2020-02-13T15:45:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T20:45:05","slug":"should-medical-subspecialists-attend-on-the-general-medical-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/should-medical-subspecialists-attend-on-the-general-medical-service\/2020\/02\/09\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Medical Subspecialists Attend on the General Medical Service?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As I’ve written about many times on this site<\/a>, one of the highlights of the year for me is when I attend on the medical service — something I’ve been doing pretty much forever.<\/p>\n

There’s a wonderful learning exchange that goes on, with my knowledge of ID being repaid in kind by the others on the team — interns, residents, nurses, pharmacists, other attendings — who bring me up to date on current general medicine outside<\/em> of ID.<\/p>\n

(Including the acronyms. Yikes!<\/a>)<\/p>\n

I tried to capture this flow of information by commenting on this highly amusing post by Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Adi Shah — and hence confess was taken aback by this comment from Dr. Stephen Shafran, an ID doctor from Canada:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShafranStephen\/status\/1215526965697896449?s=20<\/p>\n

This is an important perspective, one which we subspecialists should examine carefully. How can we ensure that the care and supervision we provide be as safe as that done by a generalist?<\/p>\n

This concern has been on my mind the past few weeks, prompting posting of this poll:<\/p>\n

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Hey #medtwitter<\/a>, picking up on a classic @IDdocAdi<\/a> meme from earlier this year, I ask this question — is it ok for medical subspecialists to attend on a general medical service? Why or why not?<\/p>\n

— Paul Sax (@PaulSaxMD) February 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n