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BECOMING A PHYSICIAN Previous Volume 352:1945-1946 May 12, 2005 Number 19 Next

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We were practicing in the nurses' room, with a few minutes to go before the big performance. My classmate Julie and I ran through our lines and critiqued each other. "You have the history and differential diagnosis down," she said, "but you look half asleep. Sit up straight, for goodness' sake." I nodded, trying to remember yet another thing. Then I gave her some advice: "Keep your enthusiasm," I suggested, "but trim the `normocephalic, atraumatic' bit and the other overly detailed physical exam findings."

Curtain time. Costumed in our short white coats, we entered the conference room from stage right . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Ms. Sobel is a fourth-year medical student at the University of California, San Francisco, and a contributing editor at U.S. News and World Report.

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