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Showing Up is Still Resistance: Contextualizing Black Trainee Resistance in Medical Education

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|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.1972 | Journal eISSN: 2212-277X
Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 1, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 2, 2025
Published on: Jul 23, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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