Everyone Looks the Same in ERAS! Differentiating Between an Increasingly Homogenous Pool of Graduate Medical Education Applicants

Affiliations

¹ is Residency Site Program Director, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Associate Professor of Medicine, The George Washington University, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and Associate Editor, Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME).
² is Internal Medicine Residency Program Director, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Associate Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Education, Department of Medicine, and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University.
³ is Internal Medicine Residency Program Director and Associate Professor of Medicine, The George Washington University; and.
⁴ is Editor-in-Chief, JGME, and Associate Director for Education, Center on Aging, and Professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center.

Editorial

Matthew G Tuck et al. J Grad Med Educ. 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;15(5):520-523.

doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-23-00574.1.

¹ is Residency Site Program Director, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Associate Professor of Medicine, The George Washington University, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and Associate Editor, Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME).
² is Internal Medicine Residency Program Director, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Associate Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Education, Department of Medicine, and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University.
³ is Internal Medicine Residency Program Director and Associate Professor of Medicine, The George Washington University; and.
⁴ is Editor-in-Chief, JGME, and Associate Director for Education, Center on Aging, and Professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center.

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