Medical intern is a term used in some countries to describe a
physician in training who has completed
medical school and has a
medical degree, but does not yet have a full license to practice
medicine unsupervised. In other countries medical education generally ends with a period of practical training similar to internship, but the way the overall program of academic and practical medical training is structured differs in each case, as does the terminology used (see
medical education and
medical school for further details).