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Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives Volume 8, 2018 - Issue 4
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Medical Education

Internal medicine fellowship directors’ perspectives on the quality and utility of letters conforming to residency program director letter of recommendation guidelines

AB O’ConnorDepartment of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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CM WilliamsAlliance for Academic Internal Medicine, Alexandria, VA, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5767-8048
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B DalalDepartment of Medicine, Beaumont Health and Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, USA
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MS SulistioDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4034-1523
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TK RothDepartment of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine @ UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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CK MilneDepartment of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4782-1901
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FA CollichioDepartment of Medicine, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9807-4240
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EA MuchmoreDepartment of Medicine, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA
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R. AlweisDepartment of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 173-176 | Received 29 May 2018, Accepted 29 Jun 2018, Published online: 23 Aug 2018

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