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Reforming internal medicine residency training

A report from the society of general internal medicine’s task force for residency reform

  • Internal Medicine Residency Reform: Task Force Report
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    Eric S. Holmboe MD, Judith L. Bowen MD, Michael Green MD, MSc, Jessica Gregg PhD, MD, Lorenzo DiFrancesco MD, Eileen Reynolds MD, Patrick Alguire MD, David Battinelli MD, Catherine Lucey MD & Daniel Duffy MD

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Holmboe, E.S., Bowen, J.L., Green, M. et al. Reforming internal medicine residency training. J GEN INTERN MED 20, 1165–1172 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0249.x

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