The unkindest cut of all: Are international medical school graduates subjected to discrimination by general surgery residency programs?

Current Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 228-236

  Moore, Richard A ^a,b   Rhodenbaugh, Eric J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

(IMGs); Discrimination; Foreign medical school graduates; International medical school graduates; Residency review committee; Surgical residency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036130213     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7944(01)00644-4     Document Type: Article

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