Flipping one-shot library instruction: using Canvas and Pecha Kucha for peer teaching.
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SUBMITTER: Carroll AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4816471 | BioStudies | 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
REPOSITORIES: biostudies
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