The surgical third-year clerkship's influence on knowledge and attitudes of future physicians

Progress in Education, Volume 18

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 325-337

  Wahi, Monika M ^a,b   Goldin, Steven B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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