Rate of Plagiarism in Personal Comments Essays of Applicants to a US Allopathic Medical School: an Observational Study

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Education, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown WV, USA. lnield@hsc.wvu.edu.
² Department of Medical Education, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown WV, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, USA.

Observational Study

Linda S Nield et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Nov.

. 2019 Nov;34(11):2329-2330.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05243-9.

¹ Department of Medical Education, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown WV, USA. lnield@hsc.wvu.edu.
² Department of Medical Education, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown WV, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

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