# RUBEN MEDINA — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### built at

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### current instructors

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### term

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### departments

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| --------- | ----- |
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| NEURSURG  | 4     |
| NTP       | 11    |
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| NUTRSCI   | 65    |
| OBS\&GYN  | 18    |
| OCCTHER   | 39    |
| ONCOLOGY  | 14    |
| OPHTHALM  | 5     |
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| PHMCOL-M  | 11    |
| PHMPRAC   | 45    |
| PHMSCI    | 60    |
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| PHYSICS   | 88    |
| PHYSIOL   | 3     |
| PHYTHER   | 37    |
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| PLPATH    | 35    |
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| POPHLTH   | 58    |
| PORTUG    | 33    |
| PSYCH     | 101   |
| PSYCHIAT  | 22    |
| PUBAFFR   | 54    |
| PUBLHLTH  | 23    |
| RADIOL    | 11    |
| REALEST   | 41    |
| RELIGST   | 90    |
| RHABMED   | 9     |
| RMI       | 24    |
| RP\&SE    | 102   |
| S\&APHM   | 17    |
| SCANDST   | 73    |
| SLAVIC    | 89    |
| SOC       | 149   |
| SOCWORK   | 87    |
| SOILSCI   | 46    |
| SPANISH   | 83    |
| SRMED     | 21    |
| STAT      | 94    |
| STDYABRD  | 52    |
| STS       | 8     |
| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

### instructor uid

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### identity status

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### name

RUBEN MEDINA

### first observed at

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

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#### quality

3.77

#### difficulty

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#### quality count

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#### difficulty count

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#### profile id

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#### courses

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###### review count

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###### quality

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###### difficulty

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### courses

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## history

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## timeline

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## term

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## courses

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## reviews

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### page

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### courses

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