Perspective: Deconstructing integration: A framework for the rational application of integration as a guiding curricular strategy

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 729-734

  Goldman, Ellen ^a,b   Schroth, W Scott ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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EID: 84861657470     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318253cad4     Document Type: Review

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