There are medical students learning their profession and helping in hospitals all across this country. They are working hard, sometimes too hard, getting little sleep and attempting to master a great deal of new information. As long as these students are supervised, this is a wonderful learning opportunity. If they are left on their own, it may be a formula for disaster. If you have been injured due to a student doctor or nurse being assigned to perform a procedure beyond their capability, causing you injury, you may need to contact a medical malpractice attorney to discover if you have a medical student malpractice case. They will lead you through the process of pursing that case, producing the evidence, and ensuring that the student and the institution for which they work will be properly named in the suit.