Implementing a nurse-shadowing program for first-year medical students to improve interprofessional collaborations on health care teams.

Anuja Jain; Eva Luo; Jun Yang; Joel Purkiss; Casey White

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Implementing a nurse-shadowing program for first-year medical students to improve interprofessional collaborations on health care teams.

August 22, 2012

Jain A, Luo E, Yang J, et al. Acad Med. 2012;87(9):1292-5.

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