BigRedMed's journey through 4th year...

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AS they do every July, hospitals across America are welcoming new interns, fresh from medical school graduation. Given how much these trainees have yet to learn, common wisdom holds that it’s not a good time of year to get sick. This may be particularly true for older patients, because American medical schools require no training in geriatric medicine.

<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/opinion/02leipzig.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/opinion/02leipzig.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Abstract BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that inexperience of new housestaff early in an academic year may worsen patient outcomes. Yet, few studies have evaluated the “July Phenomenon,” and no studies have investigated its effect in intensive care patients, a group that may be particularly susceptible to deficiencies in management stemming from housestaff inexperience.

[SpringerLink</a> - Journal Article](<a href=“http://www.springerlink.com/content/94110w56817621g1/]SpringerLink”>http://www.springerlink.com/content/94110w56817621g1/)</p>