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Factors Influencing Changing Scopes of Practice Among Contemporary Graduates of the Nation’s Largest Family Medicine Residency

Nicholas LeFevre and Richard A. Young
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2025, 38 (1) 133-138; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240172R1
Nicholas LeFevre
From the Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, MO (NL); JPS Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Fort Worth, TX (RAY).
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Richard A. Young
From the Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, MO (NL); JPS Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Fort Worth, TX (RAY).
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