At teaching hospitals such as Temple University Hospital, patients often need to repeat their symptoms to a number of different people. Lawrence Kaplan, assistant dean for clinical education at Temple's School of Medicine, says while it can be trying having to repeat yourself, especially when you're sick, it can be important in changing the way patients are managed. "What I like to say to the patient is [the students] are going to ask a question that may actually provide additional information, because they have the time to ask the questions the attending physicians don't," he said.