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Original Research

Medicine Resident Preparedness to Diagnose and Treat Substance Use Disorders: Impact of an Enhanced Curriculum

Sarah E. WakemanDepartment of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Community Health Improvement, Boston, Massachusetts, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Genevieve Pham-KanterMongan Institute for Health Policy, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;Department of Health Systems, Management, and Policy, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
, PhD,
Meridale V. BaggettDepartment of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
, MD &
Eric G. CampbellDepartment of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;Mongan Institute for Health Policy, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
, PhD
Pages 427-433 | Received 14 May 2014, Accepted 11 Aug 2014, Published online: 30 Aug 2015

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