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. 2004 Aug 7;329(7461):327-31.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.327.

New perspectives--approaches to medical education at four new UK medical schools

Amanda Howe  1 , Peter Campion, Judy Searle, Helen Smith
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New perspectives--approaches to medical education at four new UK medical schools

Amanda Howe et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

With the expansion in UK medical student numbers, four new medical schools have been established. The authors, all senior faculty members at these new schools at the time of writing, discuss how much the schools have in common in their approaches to medical education

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