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Tackling barriers in Canadian medical school admissions for students with disabilities
Shira Gertsman, Yasmin Dini, Devon Wilton and Shane Neilson
CMAJ November 14, 2023 195 (44) E1512-E1516; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.230734
Shira Gertsman
Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine (Gertsman, Dini), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine (Wilton), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences (Neilson), McMaster University, Waterloo Regional Campus, Waterloo, Ont.
BScYasmin Dini
Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine (Gertsman, Dini), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine (Wilton), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences (Neilson), McMaster University, Waterloo Regional Campus, Waterloo, Ont.
BADevon Wilton
Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine (Gertsman, Dini), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine (Wilton), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences (Neilson), McMaster University, Waterloo Regional Campus, Waterloo, Ont.
MD BScShane Neilson
Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine (Gertsman, Dini), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine (Wilton), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences (Neilson), McMaster University, Waterloo Regional Campus, Waterloo, Ont.
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Tackling barriers in Canadian medical school admissions for students with disabilities
Shira Gertsman, Yasmin Dini, Devon Wilton, Shane Neilson
CMAJ Nov 2023, 195 (44) E1512-E1516; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.230734
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