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You could make extra cash ($15 an hour) by becoming a "standardized patient," but you'll have to learn to recreate symptoms and deal with being the first patient these medical students have examined. The only thing better than a cold stethoscope is a cold, shaky, stethoscope. [Slate]

You could make extra cash ($15 an hour) by becoming a “standardized patient,” but you’ll have to learn to recreate symptoms and deal with being the first patient these medical students have examined. The only thing better than a cold stethoscope is a cold, shaky, stethoscope. [Slate]

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