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The Challenges of External Letters for Promotion: Academic Family Medicine’s Attempts to Address the Issue

Amanda Weidner, Traci Brazelton and Wayne Altman
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2023, 21 (6) 559-560; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.3061
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vol. 21 no. 6 559-560
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https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.3061
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The Annals of Family Medicine
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1544-1709
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  • Published online November 27, 2023.

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