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M.D. In my four years at Harvard Medical School, I never stepped foot inside a nursing home. The way I saw it, I was destined for better places and greater things than taking care of old people day after day. I enjoyed the variety and excitement of ER care, although I missed the ability to develop long-term relationships with my patients. Then one day, the administrator of Chase Memorial Nursing Home asked me to consider becoming the home's doctor. I said I wasn't interested.