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Abbreviations
- ACGME:
-
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
- JAAD:
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Journal of American Academy of Dermatology
- JAMA:
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The Journal of the American Medical Association Dermatology
- NPCs:
-
Non-physician clinicians
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Warnimont, J., Bhatia, N. & Korman, A.M. Non-specific language to describe physicians is uncommon across dermatology residency websites. Arch Dermatol Res 316, 112 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-024-02833-4
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