PPP084 - Despecialisation with Lauren Cortis

Kristin and Dan caught up with Lauren Cortis, pharmacist and PhD candidate to talk about generalism, specialisation and how these interact with patients needing better care.

We discuss:

• The risks of specialisation to patient care, and how patients need generalists as much as specialists
• Why pharmacists specialise and how we can think about the future of pharmacy
• Why all pharmacists should work towards being better generalists 
• Why specialisation can cause problems for patients with cancer or chronic disease 
• How generalist care isn’t just adding together different specialists 
• How ‘generalist’ as a word has negative connotations and how generalism is undervalued

Visit Lauren’s Blog to read more of her insightful thoughts