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I know that I am only a college freshman, but I cannot help to wonder about medical school life. I know that the first two years of medical school consist of rigorous classwork. I have heard different things from different sources, but on average it seems that it is the equivalent to 30 credit hours worth of undergraduate classwork. So, I have the concept of what the first two years of medical school is like.
My question is as follows: what are the internship years like? Besides being in the hospital for a vast amount of time, what else do these medical students do? Must they write papers on certain things that they have encountered, or is it just an experience that medical schools feel their student need before they initiate residency? I suppose, simply, after two years of constant coursework, do medical students just jump right in to "practice" without having to do any more formal schoolwork?
Thanks in advance.
My question is as follows: what are the internship years like? Besides being in the hospital for a vast amount of time, what else do these medical students do? Must they write papers on certain things that they have encountered, or is it just an experience that medical schools feel their student need before they initiate residency? I suppose, simply, after two years of constant coursework, do medical students just jump right in to "practice" without having to do any more formal schoolwork?
Thanks in advance.
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