The role of medical school culture in primary care career choice

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1919-1926

  Erikson, Clese E ^a   Danish, Sana ^a,b   Jones, Karen C ^a   Sandberg, Shana F ^a   Carle, Adam C ^c  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84889086790     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000038     Document Type: Article

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