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Elaine R Cohen¹, Jeffrey H Barsuk, William C McGaghie

¹Research associate, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; elaine.cohen@northwestern.edu. Associate professor, Department of Medicine, Department of Medical Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. Professor of medical education and preventive medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. Vice dean for education and Dr. John Sherman Appleman Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.

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