1. medical students or recent graduates who work in hospitals to gain practical experience
Usage: medical
2. students who attend a school but do not live there
Usage: education

Examples

• The hospital hired twenty externs for the summer program.
• Medical externs rotate through different departments to gain experience.
• The boarding school also accepts externs who live nearby.
• Externs must arrive by 8 AM each day since they don’t live on campus.
• The extern program provides valuable hands-on training for future doctors.
• Unlike the boarding students, the externs go home every evening.