Rural track training based at a small regional campus: Equivalency of training, residency choice, and practice location of graduates

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1122-1128

  Crump, William J ^a   Steve Fricker, R ^a   Ziegler, Craig ^a   Wiegman, David L ^a   Rowland, Michael L ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

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EID: 84882455864     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31829a3df0     Document Type: Article

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