The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 8 , Pages 769-773 , August 2010

AAIM Report on Master Teachers and Clinician Educators Part 1: Needs and Skills

  • Stephen A. Geraci, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests should be addressed to Stephen A. Geraci, MD, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N. State St, Jackson, MS 39216
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  • Stewart F. Babbott, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City
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  • Harry Hollander, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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  • Raquel Buranosky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pa
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  • Donna R. Devine, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle
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  • Regina A. Kovach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield
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  • Lee Berkowitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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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(10)00370-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.05.001

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 8 , Pages 769-773 , August 2010

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