
* To provide information to students about internal medicine as a medical specialty and as a possible career
* Expose students to the field of internal medicine and provide students with a sense of what it is like to be an internist
* To allow students to learn from experts in the field through shadowing and discussion groups
* To create educational and mentoring and volunteer opportunities that are unique to medicine
* To create relationships between medical students interested in medicine and internists at the New York University Medical Center
* To facilitate student involvement in local, regional, and national ACP activities and to utilize the resources of the ACP, such as the Medical Student Mentoring Program