Selecting tomorrow's physicians: The key to the future health care workforce

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1806-1811

  Mahon, Kelly E ^a,b   Henderson, MacKenzie K ^b   Kirch, Darrell G ^b  

^a American Medical Colleges ^*

^b ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

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EID: 84889099746     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000023     Document Type: Review

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