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#'''The Clinical Sciences.''' These include [[pharmacology]], [[immunology]], and other courses that treat the various disciplines of medicine strictly in the classroom or in specially equipped laboratories.

#'''The Clinical Sciences.''' These include [[pharmacology]], [[immunology]], and other courses that treat the various disciplines of medicine strictly in the classroom or in specially equipped laboratories.

#'''Clinical Clerkships.''' A '''clinical clerk''' is a junior medical student assigned as the most junior member of a clinical team in a hospital. The most common core clinical clerkships are in [[internal medicine]], [[surgery]], [[obstetrics and gynecology]], [[pediatrics]], and [[psychiatry]]. In addition, most medical schools require their students to take any of several eligible clerkships, or "selectives," in [[pathology]].

#'''Clinical Clerkships.''' A '''clinical clerk''' is a junior medical student assigned as the most junior member of a clinical team in a hospital. The most common core clinical clerkships are in [[internal medicine]], [[surgery]], [[obstetrics and gynecology]], [[pediatrics]], and [[psychiatry]]. In addition, most medical schools require their students to take any of several eligible clerkships, or "selectives," in [[pathology]].

#'''Externships.''' An ''''extern''' is a senior-level medical student who also might be assigned to a clinical team in a hospital. An extern will carry responsibilities higher than those of a clinical clerk but less than those of a [[resident]].

#'''Externships.''' An '''extern''' is a senior-level medical student who also might be assigned to a clinical team in a hospital. An extern will carry responsibilities higher than those of a clinical clerk but less than those of a [[resident]]. The name ''extern'' distinguishes the student from an ''intern,'' who today is a first-year [[resident]].

All medical schools run [[residency]] programs. A '''resident''' is any recent graduate of medical school undergoing specialized training to prepare him for practice in a particular discipline of medicine.

All medical schools run [[residency]] programs. A '''resident''' is any recent graduate of medical school undergoing specialized training to prepare him for practice in a particular discipline of medicine.

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