A three-year accelerated medical school curriculum designed to encourage and facilitate primary care careers

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 895-899

  Bell, Hershey S ^a   Ferretti, Silvia M ^a   Ortoski, Richard A ^a  

^a LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW;

EID: 34548306946     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31812f7704     Document Type: Review

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