The Role of Medical Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (D.G.M.).
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (L.P., S.D.).

Editorial

David Gibbes Miller et al. Ann Intern Med. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 21;173(2):145-146.

doi: 10.7326/M20-1281. Epub 2020 Apr 7.

¹ Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (D.G.M.).
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (L.P., S.D.).

Abstract

In this commentary, the authors discuss multiple potential clinical roles for medical students during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

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The Role of Medical Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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