What I Really Learned in Med School

I am doing a sub-internship in Internal Medicine where I am supposed to do what the intern does in preparation for my own intern year next year. So basically I do everything I normally do as a student but I have a fancier title. I also get asked a different set of questions than the 3rd year student. The 3rd year student might get asked the criteria for a diagnosis where I would get asked the specifics of managing it.  I was expected to be accountable for all the patients I was seeing and to also know the plan for all the other patients on our team. This included knowing details from why we were treating an infection with a particular antibiotic including dosage changes to patient's urine output to the specific pathophysiology behind their medical issues. It is tough but nice to be held to a high standard. This program is definitely heavy on the academics. We have 3 lectures almost every day - morning report, resident lecture, and student lecture (yay for free lunch). I only