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Preparing Medical Students to Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder: Buprenorphine Waiver Training in Undergraduate Medical Education

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This project was supported by grant funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Grant number H79T1083571.

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    Elly Riser, Amanda G. Kennedy, Leigh Ann Holterman, John Brooklyn, Sanchit Maruti & Halle G. Sobel

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Riser, E., Kennedy, A.G., Holterman, L.A. et al. Preparing Medical Students to Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder: Buprenorphine Waiver Training in Undergraduate Medical Education. Acad Psychiatry 48, 263–267 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-024-01968-w

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