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Evaluation and Innovations

Linguistic coaching: a pilot study of one-to-one near-peer coaching for international GP trainees in Yorkshire

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Pages 31-39 | Received 29 Sep 2022, Accepted 28 Nov 2022, Published online: 15 Dec 2022

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