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Foreign bodies: Is it feasible to develop tolerance for ambiguity among medical students through Equine-Facilitated learning?

Kevin T. LiouBendheim Integrative Medicine Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY, USA; View further author information
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Daniel S. JamoraboDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Rabih M. GehaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research, University of California—San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; ;Department of Medicine, San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA; View further author information
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Constance M. CrawfordTheatre Arts and Performance Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; View further author information
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Paul GeorgeDepartment of Medical Education, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; View further author information
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Fred J. SchiffmanDepartment of Internal Medicine,The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USAView further author information
Pages 960-962 | Published online: 11 Mar 2019

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