Evaluating the potential of international medical graduates as physician assistants in primary care

Academic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 886-892

  Fowkes, Virginia ^a,d   Cawley, James F ^b   Herlihy, Nelson ^a   Cuadrado, Raul R ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Div of Fam and Community Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 0029846228     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199608000-00016     Document Type: Review

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