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Developing Physician Leaders for Over 50 years: The Duke Medical Student Research Experience in the US and Singapore

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Duke University has long incorporated research into its medical school curriculum. Its sister school, Duke-National University of Singapore, adopted the same model to inculcate a culture of research and develop graduates with a strong scientific foundation. The results are an impressive percentage of student publications and students pursuing academic careers.

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  1. Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Sandy Cook PhD (Senior Associate Dean), Colleen O’Connor Grochowski, Alison Atherton, Daniel T. Laskowitz, Shazib Pervaiz, Edward Buckley & Robert K. Kamei

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Cook, S., Grochowski, C.O., Atherton, A. et al. Developing Physician Leaders for Over 50 years: The Duke Medical Student Research Experience in the US and Singapore. Med.Sci.Educ. 21 (Suppl 1), 53–58 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03341597

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