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How much practice makes perfect? A quantitative measure of the experience needed to achieve procedural competence

Peter Manu Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
,
Thomas J. Lane Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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Dale A. Matthews Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Pages 367-369 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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