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