- The Medicine degree has a duration that varies between 6 and 7 years and everything depends on the study plan of each university.
- At the end of basic training, some students can take the ENARM to become specialists.
- In addition, there are also other postgraduate studies that general practitioners can access.
The general practitioners They are a fundamental part of the health field. These are the people responsible for resolving 80 percent of queries. For this reason, many years of preparation and study are required to be able to be in front of patients. But although the road is very long, there are some types of queries that they cannot offer, do you know what they are?
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To get started, It takes between six and seven years to complete the basic part of the degree. The time depends on the study plan of each university but there is no other career that is so extensive.
Throughout this period, basic knowledge must be acquired in the salon. In addition, a full year of rotation in the hospital and another of social service must be completed. Both work to put into practice what they learned at university.
After complying with all of the above and having the professional title and identity card, the profession can be practiced. Some decide to present the National Examination of Applicants for Medical Residencies (ENARM) to become specialists but others immediately start their career as general practitioners.
In this sense, being elements of first contact, they are the first point to which patients go when they have any discomfort or ailment. But something very important is that there are at least three types of consultations that they cannot offer and it is all because they are not empowered.
About this point, the Dr. Laura Salazar (who is a general doctor) made a video. Briefly and concisely she mentions all the cases and it is about the following.
- Give nutritional consultations.
- Give psychological consultations.
- Give sexological consultations.
For all the above cases there are specialties such as psychiatry or other fields related to health such as nutrition and psychology. Therefore, the people in those areas are the ones who do have the authorization to give this type of consultation.
For its part, the Dr. Salazar emphasizes that if general practitioners If you wish to offer any consultation on the aforementioned topics, it is mandatory to have some postgraduate study such as masters or doctorate. Otherwise they cannot and should not deal with this type of case.
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What happens if they offer this type of consultation?
However, if these instructions are not followed, the consequences can be of various magnitudes. One of the most important is that the integrity of the patient is put at risk because he does not have sufficient knowledge.
Similarly, it is possible to suffer legal consequences for pretending to be from an area to which they really do not belong. For all of the above, it is mandatory to respect the limits and not go beyond the borders that correspond to general practitioners.
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