Medical school mission statements as reflections of institutional identity and educational purpose: A network text analysis

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 852-860

  Grbic, Douglas ^a   Hafferty, Frederic W ^b   Hafferty, Phillip K ^c  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84878944963     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31828f603d     Document Type: Article

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