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Rehumanizing the Patient Experience

Minority Nurse

We wait to be discharged. ” If you’re waiting to be discharged from the hospital, what time you’ll be able to leave is anyone’s guess since one hand often doesn’t know what the other hand is doing. Doctors see patients in rushed 15-minute appointments, often without a cursory physical exam.

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What to Expect After Medical School

Accepted Blog

Phase 2: USMLE Step 3 Generally taken at the end of the internship year, Step 3 assesses your grasp of clinical concepts relevant to patient care. Through patient case scenarios, the exam tests your ability to formulate a diagnosis based on a patient’s history, their physical exam, and the associated lab findings.