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  • 1Matthew Letizia is medical director of the PA program at Saint Elizabeth University in Morristown, NJ, and practices emergency medicine at the RWJBarnabas Health Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, NJ. Mae De La Calzada-Jeanlouie practices emergency medicine and medical toxicology at the RWJBarnabas Health Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, NJ. Maeve Maloney practices emergency medicine at RWJBarnabas Health Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, NJ. Medea Y. Valdez is a full-time PA education and accreditation consultant with Massey & Associates Consulting Solutions. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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