Exploring the workforce implications of a decade of medical school expansion: Variations in medical school growth and changes in student characteristics and career plans

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1904-1912

  Shipman, Scott A ^a   Jones, Karen C ^b   Erikson, Clese E ^b   Sandberg, Shana F ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

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EID: 84889081889     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000040     Document Type: Article

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