The international medical graduate pipeline

Health Affairs

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 94-96

  Hallock, James A ^a   Seeling, Stephen S ^a   Norcini, John J ^b  

^a Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates   (United States)

^b FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NOTE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041660842     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.22.4.94     Document Type: Review

References (12)

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2. The ECFMG's comprehensive examination and medical education requirements can be found at www.ecfmg.org.
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6. T. Martineau et al., "Briefing Note on International Migration of Health Professionals: Levelling the Playing Field for Developing Country Health Systems," www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/InternationalMigration.pdf (28 April 2003);
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8. N.L. Eckhert, "The Global Pipeline: Too Narrow, Too Wide, or Just Right?" Medical Education 36, no. 7 (2002): 606-613.
9. N.L. Eckhert, Medical Education Ibid., 611.
10. See Note 4, plus L. Dandona, "Medical Migration," Lancet (September 2000): 1197;
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12. I.J.P. Loefler, "Medical Migration," Lancet (September 2000): 1196.