The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 9 , Pages 879-883 , September 2009

A Commentary on the Use of the Internal Medicine In-Training Examination

  • Helen Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock
    • ,
  • Rebecca Nugent, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Penn
    • ,
  • Connie Nugent, MLS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock
    • ,
  • Kenneth Nugent, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock
    • ,
  • Michael Phy, DO

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests should be addressed to Michael Phy, DO, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79430

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 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: None of the authors have any conflicts of interest associated with the work presented in this manuscript.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing this manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00497-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.05.010

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 9 , Pages 879-883 , September 2009

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