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Jonathan S Ilgen1, Judith L Bowen, Lucas A McIntyre

  • 1Dr. Ilgen is assistant professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington. Dr. Bowen is professor, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, School of Medicine, Portland, Oregon. Mr. McIntyre is a student, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington. Dr. Banh is assistant clinical professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Fresno, California. Dr. Barnes is assistant professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, California. Dr. Coates is professor of clinical medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, and Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Los Angeles, California. Dr. Druck is associate professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado. Dr. Fix is assistant professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Utah, School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Rimple is associate professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Yarris is associate professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, School of Medicine, Portland, Oregon. Dr. Eva is professor and director of education research and scholarship, Department of Medicine, and senior scientist, Centre for Health Education Scholarship, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
|August 24, 2013
PubMed
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