III. Comments1 November 1978Lessons for Medical EducationTheodore C. Doege, M.D.Theodore C. Doege, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-89-5-863_1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSobering, thought-provoking, challenging: These words describe well this Symposium. Regrettably, however, there was almost no voice representing the nation's 300 000 private medical practitioners.Particularly noticeable during the conference was a thread indicating educational needs. For example, one speaker described the epidemic prescribing of antibiotics by physicians, and another noted Americans should have at least a 50-50 chance of not having a new diagnostic or therapeutic measure imposed on them without knowledge of its efficacy. There would be less likelihood of overprescribing, and of inappropriate use of therapeutic or diagnostic measures, if physicians better understood how to determine theefficacy... This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Theodore C. Doege, M.D.Affiliations: American Medical Association University of Illinois School of Public Health PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 November 1978Volume 89, Issue 5_Part_2Page: 863-863KeywordsAntibioticsMedical education ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1978 PDF downloadLoading ...