Relationship between performance on part i of the American board of orthopaedic surgery certifying examination and scores on USMLE Steps 1 and 2

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue SUPPL. 10, 2009, Pages

  Swanson, David B ^a   Sawhill, Amy ^a   Holtzman, Kathleen Z ^a   Bucak, S Deniz ^a   Morrison, Carol ^a   Hurwitz, Shepard ^a   Derosa, G Paul ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CERTIFICATION; EXAMINATION; GRADUATE STUDENT; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350685942     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181b37fd2     Document Type: Article

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