A student or person in training who attends an institution (especially medical or educational) during the day but does not live there; a day student or student who works externally.
From French externe, derived from Latin externus ('external'). Used in French medical education to denote trainees who worked at hospitals without living there, distinct from internes (residents).
In French medical tradition, the hierarchy of externes, internes, and chefs de clinique created a rigorous career ladder that shaped how medical education worked—the status of being 'externe' (outsider) was a specific rank you had to graduate from.
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