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. 1982 Nov 1;127(9):837–840.

General internal medicine reappears in the teaching hospital: the experience of the Royal Victoria Hospital.

H H Kong, K M Flegel, W Coke, J R Hoey
PMCID: PMC1862204  PMID: 7139501

Abstract

The internal medicine unit of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal was created in 1979 to improve the training of residents and the care of patients. The practices of four internists were brought together in one part of the institution, and within 2 years there were 10 attending staff and 6 residents. The unit now provides continuing care for 2500 patients, many of whom have multisystem or potentially lethal problems. Residents and attending staff share the responsibility of providing 24-hour coverage. The group handles 5000 outpatient visits per year (20% of them being consultations) and provides a general medical consulting service for other hospital departments, with about 300 consultations per year. The creation of the unit, with highly visible role models, appears to have given new prestige to general internists in the hospital. The unit has served as a model for the reorganization of the other medical clinics and provides a base for research in health care delivery.

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