URM candidates are encouraged to apply: A national study to identify effective strategies to enhance racial and ethnic faculty diversity in academic departments of medicine

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 405-412

  Peek, Monica E ^a   Kim, Karen E ^a   Johnson, Julie K ^b   Vela, Monica B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84874945236     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318280d9f9     Document Type: Article

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