Over the past 30 years, physicians have become increasingly skilled, resulting in better patient outcomes. With an increasing number of frail and aged patients, complexity and intractability of medical and social problems, specialists in different fields are keen on promoting patient care. General medicine is often neglected as any specialty does not claim it. However, conditions with multiple and complex problems are often not treated by specialists and need a general physician for its diagnosis and treatment.
There are certain advantages to being a general physician. In a hospital setting, they are exposed to various patient cases, face diagnostic challenges, and require clinical skills and proper judgment in treating acute conditions. There is no better person than a general physician to train medical students and junior doctors to take patient history, physical examination, and make…