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Commentary on “Shorter Psychiatry Clerkship Length Is Associated With Lower NBME Psychiatry Shelf Exam Performance”

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  1. New York State Psychiatric Institute and the Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of, Columbia University, New York, NY

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Cutler, J.L. Commentary on “Shorter Psychiatry Clerkship Length Is Associated With Lower NBME Psychiatry Shelf Exam Performance”. Acad Psychiatry 36, 167–168 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.12020025

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