Hitomi Kataoka1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, Norio Koide1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, Koji Ochi1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, Mohammadreza Hojat1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, Joseph S. Gonnella1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
1Dr. Gonnella is dean emeritus, distinguished professor of medicine, and founder and director, Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2Dr. Hojat is research professor of psychiatry and human behavior and director, Jefferson Longitudinal Study of Medical Education, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3Dr. Kataoka is assistant professor, Center for Developing Medical and Health Care Education, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
4Dr. Koide is professor, Department of General Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
5Dr. Ochi is professor, Center for Developing Medical and Health care Education, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
6Editor’s Note: Commentaries on this article appear on pages 1174 and 1177.
7Please see the end of this article for information about the authors.
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