Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 7 , Pages 2045-2047 , June 2009

Myth and Reality Underlying the Needed Expansion of Graduate Medical Education

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 Conflicts of interest The author discloses no conflicts.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.04.024

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 7 , Pages 2045-2047 , June 2009