The significant impact of a competency-based preparatory course for senior medical students entering surgical residency

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 308-319

  Antonoff, Mara B ^a   Swanson, Jennifer A ^a   Green, Courtney A ^a   Mann, Barry D ^b,c   Maddaus, Michael A ^a   D'Cunha, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84858140875     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318244bc71     Document Type: Article

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