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Predictors of Primary Care Practice Among Medical Students at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Jennifer Edwards-Johnson, Youngjun Lee, Andrea Wendling, Baijiu Patel and Julie Phillips
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2022, 35 (2) 370-379; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.02.210257
Jennifer Edwards-Johnson
From the Measurement and Quantitative Methods Program, College of Education, Michigan State University (YL); Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (AW, JE-J and JP); and Internal Medicine Residency Program, Lehigh Valley Health Network (BP).
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Youngjun Lee
From the Measurement and Quantitative Methods Program, College of Education, Michigan State University (YL); Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (AW, JE-J and JP); and Internal Medicine Residency Program, Lehigh Valley Health Network (BP).
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Andrea Wendling
From the Measurement and Quantitative Methods Program, College of Education, Michigan State University (YL); Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (AW, JE-J and JP); and Internal Medicine Residency Program, Lehigh Valley Health Network (BP).
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Baijiu Patel
From the Measurement and Quantitative Methods Program, College of Education, Michigan State University (YL); Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (AW, JE-J and JP); and Internal Medicine Residency Program, Lehigh Valley Health Network (BP).
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Julie Phillips
From the Measurement and Quantitative Methods Program, College of Education, Michigan State University (YL); Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (AW, JE-J and JP); and Internal Medicine Residency Program, Lehigh Valley Health Network (BP).
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Jennifer Edwards-Johnson, Youngjun Lee, Andrea Wendling, Baijiu Patel, Julie Phillips
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2022, 35 (2) 370-379; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.02.210257
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