Acts as both a student and a health care provider.

• Works in concert with other members of the health care team to provide direct medical care to patients.
• Diagnoses patients' medical problems and devises appropriate management and treatment plans.
• May perform surgeries if appropriate to medical specialty and level of training.
• Supervised by more senior Residents and by attending physicians.
• Takes medical histories, performs physical examinations, orders and interprets diagnostic studies, and performs some medical procedures