The changing geography of Americans graduating from foreign medical schools

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-184

  Johnson, Karin ^a,b   Hagopian, Amy ^a   Veninga, Catherine ^a   Hart, L Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; GRADUATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645817737     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200602000-00019     Document Type: Article

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