這天筆者在澳洲的醫療人力資源網站(Health Workforce Australia)看到這樣的一段話: It is imperative both economically and for population health to move beyond a focus on specialist medicine and acute care beds, to appropriate generalist skills, team based community care and the training and development of the nursing and allied health workforce.簡單來說, 在澳洲新的醫療系統規劃,概念就是不要再強調"專科" 而是要強調"通才", 以醫師來說就是要強調家醫科而非專科. 另外也強調專業整合, 加強護理與其他醫療人員人力. 這和筆者之前聽柯文哲醫師演講所述的概念雷同, 或許台灣未來也會這樣做, 而這種作法對物理治療師,其他護理人員,民眾或甚至是醫院有什麼好處呢?