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Mapping a curriculum database to the USMLE Step 1 content outline

Jack DexterThe University of Arizona, USA; JACK DEXTER, PhD (Higher Education Administration), is currently a Program Evaluation and Accreditation Specialist and has approximately 10 years of experience in the evaluation of medical education.Correspondence[email protected]
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Gail KoshlandThe University of Arizona, USA; GAIL KOSHLAND, PhD (Kinesiology), is currently the Director of Program Evaluation and has 20 years of experience in teaching the pre-clinical curriculum and 5 years experience in implementing and evaluating curricular programs.
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Amy WaerThe University of Arizona, USA; AMY WAER, MD (Surgery), is an Interim Associate Dean for Medical Student Education, oversees program evaluation and has 16 years of experience as a practicing surgeon and 6 years as a clinical instructor in Surgery.
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Darla AndersonThe University of Arizona, USA; DARLA ANDERSON, MLS, is the Clinical Education Librarian for the Office of Medical Student Education and is responsible for designing and overseeing the protocols for metadata identification and entry into the ArizonaMed curricular database.
Pages e666-e675 | Published online: 23 Oct 2012

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