Trends: The international medical graduate pipeline: Recent trends in certification and residency training

Health Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 469-477

  Boulet, John R ^a   Norcini, John J ^b   Whelan, Gerald P ^c   Hallock, James A ^d   Seeling, Stephen S ^d  

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

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

^c Assessment Services   (United States)

^d ECFMG ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIGRATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645680414     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.2.469     Document Type: Review

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