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Learning in contemporary higher education is rooted deeply in calendars and time rather than mastery of the topic of the learning. With an inflexible semester or quarter calendar and an ...

Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2009;4(7):397-403. The authors thank the Northwestern University internal medicine residents for their dedication to education and patient care. They acknowledge Drs. J.