medical intern
- noun
- /ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈɪntɜrn/
- Specialized
:
médico interno
- 1. Fatigue caused by insufficient sleep due to long work hours affects interns' ability to learn as well as their general performance during patient care. 2. Previous research has linked long work hours to increased medical errors, compromised patient safety, and increased self-reported injuries. 3. Therefore, a strategy is needed to counter the effects of long work hours and fatigue on medical interns.
Examples
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As a medical intern, he spent long hours shadowing doctors and treating patients under supervision.
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From Sherman Oaks, he is a medical intern and desires to own his own practice.
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She is currently a medical intern at Johns Hopkins-Sinai Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland.
Academic text (2000) -
Further, research has demonstrated that among medical interns, a nocturnal nap (of approximately three hours) during extended duty hours has increased sleep and decreased fatigue.
Blog text (12) -
This expectation is contrary to expectations of other professions; for example, medical interns who accompany residents on rounds to create or review a patient's medical history and current condition and prescribe appropriate treatment.
Academic text (2002) -
During my time as a medical intern, I learned how to handle emergency situations efficiently.
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She gained valuable experience while working as a medical intern at a renowned teaching hospital.
Synonyms
88
4.5
A medical graduate working in a hospital to gain supervised experience
6
8.1
A junior doctor who works in a hospital to learn and get practical experience
A doctor in training who works in a hospital under a senior doctor
A doctor who lives in a hospital and cares for patients under senior doctors' supervision
A student or trainee who works at a hospital to get practical experience without living there
How Experienced
537
3.8
- Specialized
220
5.7
- Specialized
42
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'medical' simply specifies the field of the 'intern', so a learner who knows 'medical' (relating to medicine) and 'intern' (a trainee/graduate receiving supervised training) can infer an intern working in medicine. This adjective+noun composition is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English modification patterns, making it immediately understandable to B1 learners.
Etymology
Medical intern comes from the idea of young doctors called interns who used to live 'inside' a hospital so they could learn and help patients. That's why today medical intern means a recent graduate or advanced student getting supervised practical experience in a hospital.