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. 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e2110730.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.10730.

Association of Socioeconomic Status With Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Membership Among Medical Students

Mytien Nguyen  1 , Hyacinth R C Mason  2 , Patrick G O'Connor  3 , Marcella Nunez-Smith  3 , William A McDade  4 , Darin Latimore  3 , Dowin Boatright  5
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Association of Socioeconomic Status With Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Membership Among Medical Students

Mytien Nguyen et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study investigates the association between Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) honor society membership and medical student socioeconomic status.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Nunez-Smith reported receiving grants and speaker’s fee from Genentech outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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