I just got insurance and I am looking for a doctor. What is the difference between a doctor that has a family practice?
2007-05-03 15:55:47 · 5 answers · asked by amberblevins06 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
There's no difference. None at all.
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2007-05-03 15:59:19 · answer #1 · answered by Barry auh2o 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the old days, it was pretty routine for doctors to start a general practice after completing an internship, a single year of post-graduate training. Family practice is basically the same thing, but with three years of post-graduate residency training, so they start with about the same level of expertise as it used to take general practitioners many years to accumulate "on the job." Note that this is a peculiar phenomenon in the US and Canada. In the UK, for instance, there's a completely different system, and their GP's are not an exact equivalent to our GP's.
2007-05-03 16:14:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A general practitioner is any doctor who passed his medical licensure and is practicing medicine in his country.
A family practitioner , in my country is a licensed doctor who has undergone further medical/residency training in Family Medicine ( they specializes further in the preventive aspect of medicine ).
2007-05-03 16:03:01 · answer #3 · answered by oki doki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do beleive family practice and jeneral are one and the same. othere wise i think they would be a specialist. hope this helped.
2007-05-03 16:00:39 · answer #4 · answered by corybiz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a whole lot. Just terminology.
2007-05-03 16:00:04 · answer #5 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋