The international medical graduate in the US surgical training system: Perspectives of an aging warrior

Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 362-366

  Brennan, Murray F ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747349673     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2006.06.007     Document Type: Editorial

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