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appeared at one of his workshops taking place in Boston. Eric is in charge of developing programs to shore up the physical exam training in medical residency programs for the American Board of Internal Medicine. One of the principal ways he does that is by teaching teachers how to teach. His focus
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. 243 Small residency programs objected to the ever growing cost: From Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, a private nonprofit council that evaluates and accredits medical residency programs in the United States, personal communication. 243 Certainly a doctor’s ability to make an accurate diagnosis: A report from the Agency for Healthcare
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