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    Anne L. Walsh, Matthew E. Peters, Rachnanjali L. Saralkar & Margaret S. Chisolm

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Walsh, A.L., Peters, M.E., Saralkar, R.L. et al. Psychiatry Residents Integrating Social Media (PRISM): Using Twitter in Graduate Medical Education. Acad Psychiatry 43, 319–323 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-018-1017-0

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