Volume 25, Issue 4 - Medical Education

Lessons from building an accredited medical conference: Design and delivery

Authors: Yvonne Anderson, Steven Walker, Allon Hazan, Sophia Whitman, Tahin Manjur, Farzad Heidari, Christine Oesterling

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