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Research Article

Challenges to assessing professional identity in medical students: a tale of two measures

Era BuckFamily Medicine, Educational Development, UTMB, Galveston, TX, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Courtney WestAcademic Affairs, Sam Houston State University Proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine, Huntsville, TX, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5517-8477
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Lori GrahamInternal Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2520-7820
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Ann W FryeInternal Medicine, Educational Development, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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Cayla R TealAcademic Affairs, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA
Article: 1649571 | Received 10 May 2019, Accepted 25 Jul 2019, Published online: 07 Aug 2019

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