Medical Education in Outpatient Settings

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The education of a doctor requires the longest training of any profession. In addition to its length, the process is remarkable for how much of the training is conducted on the job. Business students don't manage companies, law students don't try cases, and government students don't legislate while paying tuition. But medical students assist in the care of very ill patients, and residents independently perform surgery, complicated medical therapies, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. To ensure that this progressive clinical responsibility is safe for patients, medical trainees are part of a system whose teacher–student ratio is very high; the result is a . . .

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