To alleviate the emotional and physical burden for patients, in 2021, the Health Decision Sciences Center at Massachusetts General Hospital launched the Patient Support Corps program. Here, through this program, premed college students serve as interns who work with patients ahead of medical visits. These interns call and ask if the patients would like support, then work with them to prepare a list of questions to take to their doctor’s appointment.

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