COVID-19 exposes the need for public health preventive medicine physicians: a proposal for a Gazan public health preventive medicine residency program

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https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.74478

Author Biographies

  • ZM Sabra, Islamic University of Gaza

    ZM Sabra, Medical Student, Islamic University of Gaza, Faculty of Medicine, Gaza, Palestine

  • Saylin Gomez, Providence College

    Saylin Gomez, Student, Providence College, RI

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2023-03-07

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COVID-19 exposes the need for public health preventive medicine physicians: a proposal for a Gazan public health preventive medicine residency program. Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2023 Mar. 7 [cited 2025 Dec. 14];14(4):144-`145. Available from: https://dev.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/74478