[An Unexpected Complication: Contralateral Tension Pneumothorax following Transbronchial Forceps Biopsy].

Ipsilateral pneumothoraces are a common complication after transbronchial forceps biopsy. In this case report, a contralateral tension pneumothorax and a pneumoperitoneum occurred following transbronchial forceps biopsy in addition to an ipsilateral pneumothorax.

Overspecialized and undertrained? Patient diversity encountered by medical students during their internal medicine clerkship at a university hospital.

Background: During the four-month internal medicine clerkship in their final year, undergraduate medical students are closely involved in patient care. Little is known about what constitutes their typical learning experiences with respect to patient diversity within the different subspecialties of internal medicine and during on call hours.

Methods: 25 final year medical students (16 female, 9 male) on their internal medicine clerkship participated in this observational single-center study.