Creating a High-quality Personal Statement for Residency Application: A Guide for Medical Students and Mentors

Overview

Journal AEM Educ Train

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Emergency Medicine

Date 2022 Oct 3

PMID 36189451

Authors

Adaira Landry

Wendy C Coates

Michael Gottlieb

Affiliations

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