A national cohort study of U.S. medical school students who initially failed step 1 of the United States medical licensing examination

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 529-536

  Andriole, Dorothy A ^a   Jeffe, Donna B ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 84859432716     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318248dd9c     Document Type: Article

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