Correlation of National Board of Medical Examiners scores with United States Medical Licensing Examination step 1 and step 2 scores

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1348-1354

  Zahn, Christopher M ^a   Saguil, Aaron ^a   Artino Jr , Anthony R ^a   Dong, Ting ^a   Ming, Gerald ^a   Servey, Jessica T ^a   Balog, Erin ^a   Goldenberg, Matthew ^a   Durning, Steven J ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

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EID: 84866995867     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31826a13bd     Document Type: Article

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