Indeed, most are prepared in generalist discipline-specific programmes with little formal public health education [ 9] adding more complexity to PHHR planning [ 11].
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) [ 12], provides students with early exposure to rural practice and generalist disciplines through community-based medical education.
In an effort to respond to the social contract with their communities, many medical schools have sought to address this disparity by increasing learners' exposure to rural practice and generalist disciplines [ 3, 4].
Remember that if the proposal goes to a panel, it will likely be judged by both experts in the discipline as well as generalists in the field.
The journal contains elements applicable to researchers and to education and training of technology and environmental experts across disciplines, including specialist and generalist training, regulators and policy makers, and public information including risk communication.
Developing learning activities that foster the mastery of generalist-specialist collaboration while respecting each discipline's needs in terms of training environments remains an educational challenge, as is the case for inter-professional collaboration.
What is the desired balance between pedagogy and other disciplines; between age-focused, specialist and generalist approaches; between highly qualified core practitioners and less qualified auxiliary staff?
Generalists typically have substantial knowledge in a relevant discipline and a solid understanding of the context of the problem.
This trend indicates an ongoing need for continuing professional education to enable practitioners from all disciplines to maintain and extend their generalist capabilities.
Mike, like me, is a technology generalist: he's not formally educated in any technology disciplines, and all of his programming and hardware skills are self-taught.
Respondents were generalist clinicians, usually termed Medical Officers, working across all medical disciplines and involved in patient care, either part-time or fulltime, over the previous 5 years.
