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An Attempt to Harness the Power of Social Networks for a Graduate Medical Education Curricular Intervention

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We are grateful to Dr. Manasa Ayala for her assistance with the project proposal to the Johns Hopkins Institute for Excellence in Education Shark Tank grant program.

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Support for this project came from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Institute for Excellence in Education. Dr. Wright is the Anne Gaines and G. Thomas Miller Professor of Medicine, which is supported through the Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Medicine.

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Chisolm, M.S., Tackett, S., Insetta, E. et al. An Attempt to Harness the Power of Social Networks for a Graduate Medical Education Curricular Intervention. Acad Psychiatry 43, 549–550 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-019-01076-0

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