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Clinical clerkship timing revisited: Support for non-uniform sequencing

Carol DoyleLewis & Clark College, USA; CAROL DOYLE, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education & Counseling in Portland, Oregon, USA. Her primary areas of expertise are research methods, data analysis, and assessment related to educational programs.
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Luann WilkersonUCLA, USA; LUANN WILKERSON, EdD, is a Senior Associate Dean of Medical Education, and Professor at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in California, USA. She has responsibility for oversight of the full range of medical student curricular activities, including curricular revision, faculty development, and program evaluation. Her current research projects include studies in cultural competency, geriatric education, clinical skills assessment, and curricular outcomes.
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Paul F. WimmersUCLA, USA; PAUL F. WIMMERS, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Associate Director for Research in the Center for Education Development and Research at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in California, USA. His principal academic interests are contribution to current developments in teaching and learning, and conducting research to improve teaching, learning, and assessment across the medical education curriculum.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 586-590 | Published online: 02 Apr 2013

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