Documentation of resident exposure to disease entities.

The medical privilege application forms of hospitals in 15 southern states were examined for the degree of privilege delineation required. Forty-nine percent of the responding hospitals require extensive delineation of privileges. Residents in the Anderson, South Carolina Family Practice Center have instituted a method of systematically recording exposure to disease entities encountered in the patient population not enrolled in the Family Practice Center. These records can be integrated with existing tabulation of enrolled patients. There are potential benefits for residents' future hospital privilege applications as well as for modification of the curriculum by faculty.