Are Med School Grads Prepared to Practice Medicine?

Source: NY Times – Well Blog By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D.  Third-year Georgetown medical students getting ready to meet with a patient/actor.Credit Kevin Wolf/Associated Press  One night early in my internship, I received a frantic page for help from a fellow intern. Seasoned nurses had been unable to draw a patient’s blood, which senior doctors had ordered[…]

Are Med School Grads Prepared to Practice Medicine?

Source: NY Times – Well Blog By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D.  Third-year Georgetown medical students getting ready to meet with a patient/actor.Credit Kevin Wolf/Associated Press  One night early in my internship, I received a frantic page for help from a fellow intern. Seasoned nurses had been unable to draw a patient’s blood, which senior doctors had ordered[…]