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S31 E07: Teaching Real World Medicine

Season 31 Episode 7 | 26m 42s  | Video has closed captioning.

Two years ago, medical students didn’t experience practical delivery of medicine until their third year of medical school. But beginning last year, first-year medical students are paired with a practicing physician within the first 60 days. Two University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria professors and a second-year student discuss how it benefits both students and their future patients.