A Call for Action—Empowering Medical Students to Facilitate Change

Authors

  • Madeleine J. Cox University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Student Editor IJMS
  • Purva C. Shah Baroda Medical College, M.S. University, Vadodara, India. Student Editor IJMS
  • Leah Komer Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Student Editor IJMS
  • Muhammad Romail Manan Services Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS), University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Student Editor - IJMS
  • L V Simhachalam Kutikuppala Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Foundation (KIMS&RF), Amalapuram, Andhra Pradesh, India. Student Editor - IJMS
  • Benjamin Liu Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Student Editor - IJMS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2021.1186

Keywords:

Editorial, Medical students, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2

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2021-08-30

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Cox, M. J. ., Shah, P. C. ., Komer, L., Manan, M. R., Kutikuppala, L. V. S., & Liu, B. . (2021). A Call for Action—Empowering Medical Students to Facilitate Change. International Journal of Medical Students, 9(3), 187–188. https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2021.1186

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Vol. 9 No. 3 (2021)

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