Are we there yet? Preparing canadian medical students for global health electives

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-209

  Anderson, Kelly C ^a   Slatnik, Michael A ^b   Pereira, Ian ^c   Cheung, Eileen ^d   Xu, Kunyong ^e   Brewer, Timothy F ^f  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84856517951     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31823e23d4     Document Type: Article

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