Background: The primary goal of an acting internship or sub-internship is to prepare a fourth-year medical student for their intern year. At our institution, this has traditionally occurred on inpatient hospital medicine teaching teams which include senior residents, interns, and third-year medical students. Because these teaching teams are crowded with learners, our acting interns report [...]

Background: As acting interns (or sub-interns), fourth-year medical students are placed in the intern role to develop skills important for internship. At our institution, this has traditionally occurred on inpatient teaching teams that also include residents, interns, and third-year medical students. Because teaching teams are at times crowded with learners, our acting interns have often [...]