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. 2014 Oct;107(10):393-7.
doi: 10.1177/0141076814538787.

Successfully widening access to medicine. Part 2: Curriculum design and student progression

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Successfully widening access to medicine. Part 2: Curriculum design and student progression

Sally Curtis et al. J R Soc Med. 2014 Oct.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
An outline of the Year 0 curriculum. Year 0 of the BM6 programme is based on an academic year of two semesters, each consisting of two compulsory modules.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
A BM6 graduate’s view.

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