On the crisis in biomedical education: Is there an overproduction of biomedical PhDs?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 876-885

  Domer, Judith E ^a,b   Garry, Robert F ^a,b   Guth, Paul S ^a,b   Walters, Marian R ^a,b   Fisher, James W ^a,b  

^a Department of Microbiology and Immunology ^*

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0029821745     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199608000-00015     Document Type: Review

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