The successful, rapid transition to a new model of graduate medical education in Singapore

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1268-1273

  Huggan, Paul J ^a   Samarasekara, Dujeepa D ^b   Archuleta, Sophia ^a   Khoo, See Meng ^b   Sim, Joe Heng Joo ^a   Sin, Clara Siew Ping ^c   Ooi, Shirley Beng Suat ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

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EID: 84866024903     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182621aec     Document Type: Article

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