In the traditional specialties, generalists as opposed to subspecialists appear to be more able to answer a broader range of questions.
Abstracts presented at the meetings of specialty and generalist societies are now recognized as an important component of the grey literature searched in many systematic approaches to literature reviews.
'Wherever you go, they will ask you what is your specialty… generalists can do everything but nothing is in-depth.' (Alumni) Participants believed that academic collaborations with international universities and research institutions could help overcome to a large extent the inadequacies in resources.
While 41.9% are in generalist specialty areas, compared to 34.7% of USA-trained physicians, the number has been rising with each new cohort.
Within the context of Genetics and Infectious Diseases (as represented in these vignettes), participants identified a relatively small, but common set of defined resource types (general and specialty pediatric texts, generalist colleagues).
Family practice was the first of these generalist specialties.
Secondly, medical works, like other scientific works, were classified as technical specialties, distinct from generalist works, including the "Masters" texts associated with Chinese philosophy (Raphals 2008 2009, forthcoming).
Industrial science recruiting has evolved from looking for scientists whose career path will be a series of experiences within their specialty to seeking generalists who bring a cadre of skills to bear when helping to solve scientific and business challenges.
Whereas previous studies have used process experts from non-physician backgrounds such as social work and the basic sciences, ours were practicing physicians from generalist specialties.
Development of the definition included examination of a number of ICD-9 codes for Alzheimer's disease, number of codes plus an "event" (neuroimaging, B12, TSH assays), codes by specialty providers vs. generalists, and fills for dementia drugs.
