A standardized letter of recommendation for residency application

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1141-1146

  Keim, Samuel M ^a   Rein, Judith A ^a   Chisholm, Carey ^b   Dyne, Pamela L ^c   Hendey, Gregory W ^d   Jouriles, Nicholas J ^e   King, Randall W ^f   Schrading, Walter ^g   Salomone III, Joseph ^h   Swart, Gary ⁱ   Wightman, John M ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University Medical Center Fresno   (United States)

^e METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^j WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Applicant; Emergency medicine; Letter of recommendation; Postgraduate education; Recommendation; Resident

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

EID: 0032710512     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00117.x     Document Type: Article

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