Are MD-PhD programs meeting their goals? An analysis of career choices made by graduates of 24 MD-PhD programs.

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Published in Acad Med on April 01, 2010

Authors

Lawrence F Brass1, Myles H Akabas, Linda D Burnley, David M Engman, Clayton A Wiley, Olaf S Andersen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. brass@mail.med.upenn.edu.

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