Partridge BMC Medical Education (2016) 16:57 DOI 10.1186/s12909-016-0573-9

REVIEWERACKNOWLEDGEMENT Open Access BMC Medical Education reviewer acknowledgement 2015 Clare Partridge

Contributing reviewers The editors of BMC Medical Education would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 15 (2015).

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