![]() ![]() It turns out that the more common narrative is that of Roger Federer, who dabbled in wrestling, swimming, skateboarding, and soccer deep into his teenage years before focusing on tennis. The book begins by questioning the widely held notion that the best way to develop a superstar athlete is through early narrow specialization, with the most famous example being the golfer Tiger Woods. ![]() Although only a few pages directly refer to medical practice, Range nonetheless provides important messages for family medicine educators. ![]() On the other, we can be acutely sensitive to put downs such as “jack of all trades, master of none,” and often respond that we, too, are specialists–in “the skin and its contents,” in “health care integration,” or in the “whole person.” 1 The subtitle of David Epstein’s Range suggests that generalists can outshine specialists in a variety of professions. On one hand, what most distinguishes us from other physicians is our ability to manage a broad range of acute and chronic conditions in patients from cradle to grave-to care for the entire patient rather than a single body part or organ system. ![]() Publication Information: New York: Riverhead Books, 2019, 352 pp., $28, hardcoverįamily physicians have a complicated relationship with generalism. Book Title: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World ![]()
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