How can high stakes examination in Korean medical society be improved to the international level?

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J Korean Med Assoc. 2012;55(2):114-115

Publication date (electronic) : 2012 February 08

doi : https://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2012.55.2.114

Sun Huh, MD ¹^,²

¹Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea.

²Institute of Medical Education, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea.

Corresponding author: Sun Huh, shuh@hallym.ac.kr

Received 2012 January 16; Accepted 2012 January 23.

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