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. 2022 Jun;46(3):352-358.
doi: 10.1007/s40596-021-01556-2. Epub 2021 Nov 9.

A Student-Driven Advocacy Project to Address the Opioid Crisis in Canada: Implications for Developing Competency in Health Advocacy During Medical Training

Angela Li  1 , Germain S Ngana  1 , Sureka Pavalagantharajah  1 , Diana Varyvoda  1 , Ian G R Jones  1 , Andrew T Olagunju  2   3
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A Student-Driven Advocacy Project to Address the Opioid Crisis in Canada: Implications for Developing Competency in Health Advocacy During Medical Training

Angela Li et al. Acad Psychiatry. 2022 Jun.
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Competency-enabling skills identified by medical trainees involved in health advocacy
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