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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to thank the WV Board of Medicine and the WV Osteopathic Medical Association distributing the survey link to their listservs . The authors would also like to thank Dr . Tony Fang , PhD , West Virginia Clinical & Translational Science Institute , for his guidance and insights on project analyses and Laura Boone for her assistance in initiating this project while she was employed at the WV Higher Education Policy Commission .
FUNDING
Authors ( Sheppard and Hereford ) are supported in part by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 5U54GM104942-04 . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health .
CORRESPONDENCE :
A . Brianna Sheppard , PhD West Virginia University Phone : ( 304 ) 216-2963 absheppard @ hsc . wvu . edu
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