Special research work has taught that general practice (family medicine) is a specialization of its own. It requires specific education and vocational training. As far as universities and administrative bodies have accepted it no doctor can start practising family medicine unless he has passed a vocational training of many years duration. That fact together with a successful continued research concerning applied general practice should initiate a true renaissance of general practice.
Splitting up medical subjects caused remarkable progress in hospital medicine. The most influence on medical education is produced by the organisation itself. As to applied medicine in general much progress will be reached, if applied medicine has become a topic of basic research in hospital medicine.
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