Pediatric Neurology
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 35-38 , January 2004

Strategies to attract medical students to the specialty of child neurology

  • Rachel M Werner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Department of Health Care Systems, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to:Dr. Werner; Division of General Internal Medicine; The University of Pennsylvania; 1208 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive; Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
    • ,
  • Daniel Polsky, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Received 18 March 2003 ,Accepted 19 June 2003.

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PII: S0887-8994(03)00412-0

doi: 10.1016/S0887-8994(03)00412-0

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 35-38 , January 2004

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