In Reply to Khoo and Teo

Response

Christopher G. Myers, Peter J. Pronovost
Academic Medicine, vol. 93(4), 2018 Apr, p. 517

DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002124

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Myers, C. G., & Pronovost, P. J. (2018). In Reply to Khoo and Teo. Academic Medicine, 93(4), 517. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000002124

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Myers, Christopher G., and Peter J. Pronovost. “In Reply to Khoo and Teo.” Academic Medicine 93, no. 4 (April 2018): 517.

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Myers, Christopher G., and Peter J. Pronovost. “In Reply to Khoo and Teo.” Academic Medicine, vol. 93, no. 4, Apr. 2018, p. 517, doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000002124.

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@article{christopher2018a,
  title = {In Reply to Khoo and Teo},
  year = {2018},
  month = apr,
  issue = {4},
  journal = {Academic Medicine},
  pages = {517},
  volume = {93},
  doi = {10.1097/ACM.0000000000002124},
  author = {Myers, Christopher G. and Pronovost, Peter J.},
  month_numeric = {4}
}

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