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. 2011 Sep;3(3):285-9.
doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-11-00147.1.

Getting off the "gold standard": randomized controlled trials and education research

Gail M Sullivan

Getting off the "gold standard": randomized controlled trials and education research

Gail M Sullivan. J Grad Med Educ. 2011 Sep.
No abstract available

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