Survey finds general internists leave practice sooner than subspecialists
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 11:20
in Health & Medicine
PHILADELPHIA, May 7, 2010 -- A survey conducted by the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) found that 9 percent of all internists originally certified between 1990 and 1995, including a significantly larger proportion of general internists (17 percent) than internal medicine subspecialists (4 percent), are no longer working in general internal