Anatomy of a new U.S. medical school: The commonwealth medical college

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 881-888

  Smego, Raymond A ^a   Dalessandri, Robert M ^a   Linger, Barry ^a   Hunt, Virginia A ^a   Ryan, James ^a   Monnier, John ^a   Litwack, Gerald ^a   Katz, Paul ^a   Thompson, Wayne ^a  

^a Janet Weis Children s Hospital   (United States)

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EID: 77953607675     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181d74bc6     Document Type: Article

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