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Virtual Patients as Novel Teaching Tools in Psychiatry

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Pataki, C., Pato, M.T., Sugar, J. et al. Virtual Patients as Novel Teaching Tools in Psychiatry. Acad Psychiatry 36, 398–400 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.10080118

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