Selection criteria for emergency medicine residency applicants

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-60

  Crane, Joseph T ^a   Ferraro, Carl M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine education; Internship and residency; Research education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0033986201     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb01892.x     Document Type: Article

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