In Reply to Balon

Affiliations

¹ Professor and vice chair of education and research affairs, Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire; vincent.d.pellegrini.jr@hitchcock.org ; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7492-0684 .
² Professor and vice chair, Department of Family and Community Health, Marshall University, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia.
³ Associate dean for undergraduate medical education, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5431-1320 .

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Vincent D Pellegrini Jr et al. Acad Med. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 1;96(2):165-166.

doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003833.

¹ Professor and vice chair of education and research affairs, Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire; vincent.d.pellegrini.jr@hitchcock.org ; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7492-0684 .
² Professor and vice chair, Department of Family and Community Health, Marshall University, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia.
³ Associate dean for undergraduate medical education, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5431-1320 .

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Finding Greater Value in the Fourth Year of Medical School: Accelerating the Transition to Residency.
Pellegrini VD Jr, Franks AM, Englander R. Pellegrini VD Jr, et al. Acad Med. 2020 Apr;95(4):527-533. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003049. Acad Med. 2020. PMID: 31651433
Why Shorten Undergraduate Medical Education Over College Education?
Balon R. Balon R. Acad Med. 2021 Feb 1;96(2):165. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003824. Acad Med. 2021. PMID: 33492826 No abstract available.

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