How much otolaryngology should be taught to general practitioners?

Abstract

Medicine cannot exist under the programs of educational institutions that are not conscious of the changing plan of medicine. There has been a swing in medical training toward giving greater recognition to the general practice of medicine. All fields of medicine are now being called on for training medical students and interns more and more in the specialties of medicine. If we cannot change our teaching programs, we shall fall short of our duty. On the whole, all medical education is similar. No fixed way for the student or the instructor to master the clinical or basic sciences has ever been established. In many institutions the present trend is toward the training of general practitioners of medicine. This means that the training program should be well-rounded, and no particular phase of medicine should be neglected. In the development of such a training plan, in my opinion, certain fields of medicine