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Podcasting: a technology, not a toy

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  1. Tom Williams Endowed Chair in Surgical Education, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Jonathan White

  2. Royal Alexandra Hospital, 202 Community Services Centre, 10240 Kingsway, Edmonton, AB, T5N 3V9, Canada

    Jonathan White

  3. Ward of the 21st Century, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Nishan Sharma

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White, J., Sharma, N. Podcasting: a technology, not a toy. Adv in Health Sci Educ 17, 601–603 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-012-9361-4

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