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It's Good To Talk

Thoughts for new medical students at a new medical school

BMJ 2003; 327 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7429.1430 (Published 18 December 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;327:1430

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Words to Medical Students

1. (since they are now in medical school) "You are studying to enter
the noblest of professions, so always strive to be the best and most
caring physician you can".

2. (since they are now in medical school) "Better you than me!"

Competing interests:
I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1971

Competing interests: No competing interests

08 February 2004
Robert I. Rudolph, MD, FACP
Clinical Professor of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
1134 Penn Avenue, Wyomissing, PA 19610, USA