Mind Over Miller: Are we too specialized? Part 1: Human medicine

According to CNN News, only 2% of the students in U.S. medical schools intend to go into general practice or family practice. It is anticipated that we will soon be faced with a shortage of more than 40,000 general practitioners. 

I wish it were policy that no medical school graduate could take a residency in a specialty unless he or she had a minimum of two years of general practice beforehand. Why? For several reasons.