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Original Article

Conference attendance and performance on the in-training examination in internal medicine

Suzanne M. Cacamese Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
,
Kathryn J. Eubank Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
,
Randy S. Hebert University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Scott M. Wright Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pages 640-644 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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