Nursing Home Life for Medical Students

There’s a charming article in the NYT on University of New England medical students who temporarily live in a nursing home to experience what their patients do. About three-quarters down the first page there are statistics on geriatric fellowships. (Please see my other blog entry on this topic.) Geriatrics is a field that has traditionally been unpopular; but I think that will change as the population continues to age.

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About Dr. Michelle Finkel

Dr. Michelle Finkel

Dr. Finkel is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. On completing her residency at Harvard, she was asked to
stay on as faculty at Harvard Medical School and spent five years teaching at the world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital.
She was appointed to the Assistant Residency Director position for the Harvard Affiliated
Emergency Medicine Residency where she reviewed countless applications, personal statements and resumes. Read more

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