Medical education on a collision course: Sooner rather than later?

Family Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 159-163

  David, Alan K ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

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