What's the difference is between 'Internal Medicine' and 'General Practice?

Whats the difference between a family doctor and internal medicine doctor?

• Answer:

  Internal Medicine doctors (also called "internists") spend 3 or more years of intensive training learning how to diagnose and treat non-surgical medical problems in teens and adults through old age. They can treat any problems, simple or complex, in fact, other doctors often refer their patients to internists to solve puzzling medical problems. Internists are also very good at treating multiple medical problems that may come up at the same time and are often tied together. Family doctors spend their 3 years of training learning about medical problems of children, adults, OB/Gyn, surgery and other specialties. They can treat families from babies to adults, but their training is not as intensive in one area as an Internal Medicine doctor.