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. 2017 Jan;18(1):20-25.
doi: 10.5811/westjem.2016.10.31247. Epub 2016 Dec 5.

Promoting Achievement of Level 1 Milestones for Medical Students Going into Emergency Medicine

Cynthia G Leung  1 , Laura Thompson  1 , Jennifer W McCallister  2 , David P Way  1 , Nicholas E Kman  1
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Promoting Achievement of Level 1 Milestones for Medical Students Going into Emergency Medicine

Cynthia G Leung et al. West J Emerg Med. 2017 Jan.
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Median plot of milestone levels attained by 17 medical students who participated in a longitudinal emergency medicine clinical track (a series of required clerkships and electives) during their fourth year of medical school.
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