The current CAMPEP graduate program didactic course guidelines have insufficiently rigorous requirements for research training

Jeffrey F. Williamson; Indra Das; Gerald White

doi:10.1002/mp.14232

The current CAMPEP graduate program didactic course guidelines have insufficiently rigorous requirements for research training

Jeffrey F. Williamson, Indra Das, Gerald White

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5403-5407
Number of pages	5
Journal	Medical physics
Volume	47
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.14232
State	Published - Nov 2020

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