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Determining the professional attributes of a hospitalist: experience in one Australian metropolitan hospital
Author(s) -
Kingston M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00831.x
Subject(s) - medicine , metropolitan area , family medicine , pathology
Data were prospectively recorded on 1294 consecutive patients admitted to a General Medical Unit at the Gold Coast Hospital to review the caseload and prerequisite professional skills of a general physician working as a full‐time hospitalist. Based on this review, the general physician hospitalist must possess expertise in the management of common medical conditions and comorbidities, uncommon medical conditions, elderly patients, the seriously ill, the terminally ill, psychiatric patients, surgical patients and patients with dermatologic, ophthalmic and gynaecological problems. The hospitalist must also be proficient in medical education and organization governance. The demonstration of such skills ensures the ‘hospitalist’ model is efficient and effective for hospital‐based care. (Intern Med J 2005; 35: 305–308)