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Disclosing past substance use in medical and dental school applications could hurt admissions prospects, study finds

More than 4 in 5 physicians and dentists believe applicants who disclose a history of substance use on medical or dental school applications risk hurting their chances of admission, according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the University of M...

Disclosing past substance use in medical and dental school applications could hurt admissions prospects, study finds
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More than 4 in 5 physicians and dentists believe applicants who disclose a history of substance use on medical or dental school applications risk hurting their chances of admission, according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Originally published at Phys.org

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