Across the country, medical schools have pivoted to meet the demands of a society under quarantine: virtual classes, reformatted clinical rotations, remote residency interviews. But for aspiring physicians, hands-on experience is also essential: Surgery and bedside manner can't be perfectly simulated in a web module.
"At the end of the day," says Dr. Kevin Krane, vice dean for academic affairs at Tulane University School of Medicine, "the MD is not an online degree."
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