Issues for clinicians training international medical graduates: A sytematic review

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 225-228

  Pilotto, Louis S ^a   Duncan, Geraldine F ^a   Anderson Wurf, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SKILL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FOREIGN WORKER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34848829251     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01204.x     Document Type: Review

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