Many of the people on this forum do not support the idea of a board certified GP. Its kind of funny but the people that support the idea of the BC GP are the ones who never made it through residency. Once you go through the hell of residency you kind of "join the dark side" in that you have a vested interest in limiting the number of practicing physicians. That and a lot of the BC docs adopt an attitude of " well I had to go through it so you should too" . Residency is the final horrible hoop to jump through on your way to "living the dream". It really limits the number of practicing docs. The idea of the evolution of BC due to "rapid expansion of medical knowledge" is a joke. Residency is a just a way to control the doc market, and people have figured out a way to bypass it ie PA, and DNP. I dont believe in residency or BC/BE, but now that I have "paid my dues", I will say that I only want BC BE physicians to have the ability to practice. The difference is though, Im not hiding behind some joke of an excuse that BC BE physicians are "better" and I will frankly admit, I dont want non BC BE physicians practicing because Residency has made me completely bitter and jaded, and I just want to make as much money as possible, and work as little as possible. Other "attendings" on this forum might defend BC BE for other reasons but I suspect they are all full of it, and pretty much hold the same belief as I do.......they just dont have the insight or capacity to admit it, possibly because medical education and residency drive out any ability to have self reflection, introspection or philosophical debate......