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Can final year medical students significantly contribute to patient care? A pilot study about the perception of patients and clinical staff

Christian Scheffer University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany; CHRISTIAN SCHEFFER, FRIEDRICH EDELHÄUSER and DIETHARD TAUSCHEL are physicians and educators at the University of Witten/Herdecke in Germany. Together they are responsible for a program in Integrative Medicine, namely the “ICURAM”.Correspondence[email protected]
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Friedrich Edelhäuser University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany; CHRISTIAN SCHEFFER, FRIEDRICH EDELHÄUSER and DIETHARD TAUSCHEL are physicians and educators at the University of Witten/Herdecke in Germany. Together they are responsible for a program in Integrative Medicine, namely the “ICURAM”.
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Diethard Tauschel University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany; CHRISTIAN SCHEFFER, FRIEDRICH EDELHÄUSER and DIETHARD TAUSCHEL are physicians and educators at the University of Witten/Herdecke in Germany. Together they are responsible for a program in Integrative Medicine, namely the “ICURAM”.
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Merle Riechmann Picker Institute Germany, Germany; MERLE RIECHMANN is working as a study nurse at the German Picker Institute in Hamburg, Germany.
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Ara Tekian University of Illinois/Chicago, USA; ARA TEKIAN is an associate professor of Medical Education and director of International Affairs in the Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois, Chicago. He teaches and advises graduate students in the masters in health professions education program.
Pages 552-557 | Published online: 23 Jul 2010

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