The global health curriculum of weill cornell medical college: How one school developed a global health program

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1296-1302

  Francis, Elizabeth R ^a,b,c   Goodsmith, Nichole ^d   Michelow, Marilyn ^a,e   Kulkarni, Amita ^a,f   McKenney, Anna Sophia ^d   Kishore, Sandeep P ^d   Bertelsen, Nathan ^a   Fein, Oliver ^a,g   Balsari, Satchit ^d   Lemery, Jay ^d   Fitzgerald, Daniel ^d   Johnson, Warren ^a   Finkel, Madelon L ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^g BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84866011219     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182628edb     Document Type: Article

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