Keeping Pace: The Need for Digital Health Education in Medical Schools

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Keeping Pace : The Need for Digital Health Education in Medical Schools. / Khurana, Mark Poulsen.

In: Academic Medicine, Vol. 95, No. 11, 2020, p. 1629-1630.

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Khurana, MP 2020, 'Keeping Pace: The Need for Digital Health Education in Medical Schools', Academic Medicine, vol. 95, no. 11, pp. 1629-1630. https://doi.org/10.1097/acm.0000000000003672

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Khurana, M. P. (2020). Keeping Pace: The Need for Digital Health Education in Medical Schools. Academic Medicine, 95(11), 1629-1630. https://doi.org/10.1097/acm.0000000000003672

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Khurana MP. Keeping Pace: The Need for Digital Health Education in Medical Schools. Academic Medicine. 2020;95(11):1629-1630. https://doi.org/10.1097/acm.0000000000003672

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Khurana, Mark Poulsen. / Keeping Pace : The Need for Digital Health Education in Medical Schools. In: Academic Medicine. 2020 ; Vol. 95, No. 11. pp. 1629-1630.

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