Understanding the effects of short-term international service-learning trips on medical students

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 820-828

  Abedini, Nauzley C ^a   Gruppen, Larry D ^a   Kolars, Joseph C ^a   Kumagai, Arno K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84861694792     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31825396d8     Document Type: Article

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