The Donald W. Reynolds Consortium for faculty development to advance geriatrics education (FD∼AGE): A model for dissemination of subspecialty educational expertise

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 618-626

  Heflin, Mitchell T ^a   Bragg, Elizabeth J ^b   Fernandez, Helen ^c   Christmas, Colleen ^d   Osterweil, Dan ^e   Sauvigné, Karen ^c   Warshaw, Gregg ^b   Cohen, Harvey Jay ^a   Leipzig, Rosanne ^c   Reuben, David B ^e,f   Durso, Samuel C ^g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84860752865     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31824d5251     Document Type: Article

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