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Vol. 154 No. 7 (2024)

By suppressing its MD-PhD fellowship programme, the Swiss National Science Foundation reduces the attractiveness of the physician-scientist career path

DOI
https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3605
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Swiss Med Wkly. 2024;154:3605
Published
04.07.2024

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No abstract available.

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