Key aspects of an effective surgical curriculum for medical students

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  • Arthur C. O. Okonkwo Arthur.okonkwo@gmail.com
  • Okechukwu C. Okonkwo ST4 Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon, North Manchester General Hospital,Delauanays Road, Manchester, M8 5RB, United Kingdom.

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https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2014.183

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Author Biography

Arthur C. O. Okonkwo, Arthur.okonkwo@gmail.com

: Arthur is a final (6th) Year Medi¬cal Student at Newcastle University, United King¬dom and he has achieved a Master’s by Research in Transplantation (with Dis¬tinction) from Newcastle University. During this de¬gree he won a fellowship from Kidney Research UK and was shortlisted in the top 10 for the Royal Socie¬ty of Medicine’s Student Researcher of the year 2012/2013.

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Published

2014-04-25

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O. Okonkwo, A. C., & C. Okonkwo, O. (2014). Key aspects of an effective surgical curriculum for medical students. International Journal of Medical Students, 2(2), 78–79. https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2014.183

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