Training the next generation of physician researchers – Vanderbilt Medical Scholars Program
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Training the next generation of physician researchers – Vanderbilt Medical Scholars Program
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Education
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-017-1103-0