The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 7 , Pages 692-697 , July 2009

The Modern Teaching Physician—Responsibilities and Challenges: An APDIM White Paper

  • Alwin F. Steinmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Alwin F. Steinmann, MD, Medicine Education Office, Albany Medical College, 47 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY 12208
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  • Norman M. Dy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Internal Medicine Residency, Department of Medicine, St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, Md
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  • Gregory C. Kane, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa
    • ,
  • John I. Kennedy Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Alabama–Birmingham, Associate Chief of Staff – Acute and Specialty Care/Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Birmingham
    • ,
  • Sharon Silbiger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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  • Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Medicine-Pediatrics Residency, Brigham and Women's and Boston Children's Hospitals, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • William Rifkin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Internal Medicine Residency Program, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

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 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: None.

 Authorship: Alwin F. Steinmann, MD, Norman M. Dy, MD, Gregory C. Kane, MD, and John I. Kennedy, Jr., MD, contributed to authorship and editing of this manuscript. Sharon Silbiger, MD, Niraj Sharma, MD, and William D. Rifkin, MD were contributing authors.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00327-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.03.020

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 7 , Pages 692-697 , July 2009

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