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How well did our students match? A peer-validated quantitative assessment of medical school match success: the match quality score

Chayan ChakrabortiDepartment of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jason E. CrowtherResident in Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2505-6310View further author information
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Zachary A. KoretzResident in Internal Medicine, Tulane University School of MedicineORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0538-3528View further author information
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Marc J. KahnOffice of Admissions and Student Affairs, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USAView further author information
Article: 1681068 | Received 09 Mar 2019, Accepted 27 Sep 2019, Published online: 29 Oct 2019

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