Medical student entry into general surgery increases with early exposure to surgery and to surgeons.

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Published in Curr Surg on November 06, 2006

Authors

John C Kirkham1, Warren D Widmann, Doris Leddy, Michael J Goldstein, Benjamin Samstein, Mahmoud El-Tamer, Avital Harari, Tracey D Arnell, Rena John, Mark A Hardy

Author Affiliations

1: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, New York 10032, USA.

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