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Old 16-10-2021, 10:01 PM
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Dont be hoodwinked by fm.

Fm or im in the end still refer everywhere.

Ministry confirm regret it years down the road
The idea of fm is to save money.
Not to incur more money

But so many fm refer everywhere.
The hosp im and geri also refer everywhere

Primary care of paeds, geri, fm and im but
Haiz primary care isnt what it supposed to be.

Still refer everywhere
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Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
Dont be hoodwinked by fm.

Fm or im in the end still refer everywhere.

Ministry confirm regret it years down the road
The idea of fm is to save money.
Not to incur more money

But so many fm refer everywhere.
The hosp im and geri also refer everywhere

Primary care of paeds, geri, fm and im but
Haiz primary care isnt what it supposed to be.

Still refer everywhere
not sure what's your background, but you prolly haven't worked in many different settings before.
one of the privileges of having rotated through many specialist departments, is seeing how specialists manage stuff.
everything outside of their domain, they will just shoot off a referral letter to someone else.

patient tells cardiologist about skin problem > refer derm
patient tells ortho about AR symptoms > refer ENT
patient tells gastro about headache > refer neuro
patient tells gynae about asthma > refer respi

everybody is referring all over the place. hence the need for generalists.
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