Responsibilities of Internal Medicine Chief Residents in the Modern Era: A National Survey

Robin H Stiller¹, Helene E Starks², Gabrielle N Berger³, Başak Çoruh¹, Paul B Cornia^{3

4}, Tyler J Albert^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and.
² Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and.
³ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, and.
⁴ Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.

Robin H Stiller et al. ATS Sch. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 10;4(1):33-38.

doi: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2022-0096BR. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Robin H Stiller¹, Helene E Starks², Gabrielle N Berger³, Başak Çoruh¹, Paul B Cornia^{3

4}, Tyler J Albert^{3

4}

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and.
² Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and.
³ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, and.
⁴ Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.

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