Podcasts Health & Fitness Medicine NEJM Interviews NEJM Interview: Dr. Richard Schwartzstein on the pros and cons of three-year medical school programs.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Richard Schwartzstein on the pros and cons of three-year medical school programs.

Published: Sept. 18, 2013, 3:01 p.m.

b'Dr. Richard Schwartzstein is a Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at Harvard Medical School, Director of the HMS Academy for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation, and Associate Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. S.B. Abramson and Others. A 3-Year M.D. - Accelerating Careers, Diminishing Debt. N Engl J Med 2013;369:1085-7. S. Goldfarb and G. Morrison. The 3-Year Medical School - Change or Shortchange? N Engl J Med 2013;369:1087-9.'