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Teaching on the run tips 9: in-training assessment

Fiona R Lake
Med J Aust 2005; 183 (1): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06887.x
Published online: 4 July 2005

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  • Education Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA.


Correspondence: flake@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Acknowledgements: 

We would like to thank the teachers and participants in Teaching on the Run courses for their input, and the Medical Training Review Panel, Australian Department of Health and Ageing, for funding support.

Competing interests:

None identified.

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