Leveraging Virtual Boot Camp to Alleviate First Year Dermatology Resident Anxiety

January 2021 | Volume 20 | Issue 1 | Editorials | 112 | Copyright © January 2021


Published online December 22, 2020

Nagasai C. Adusumilli MBA,a Kayleigh Hausmann MPH,a Adam J. Friedman MD,a Mary Maiberger MDa,b

aDepartment of Dermatology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC
bDepartment of Dermatology, Howard University School of Medicine, Washington, DC

specialty at the onset of PGY-2 can strengthen the foundation and boost the confidence of our trainees.

DISCLOSURES

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Mary Maiberger MD mary.maiberger@va.gov