The Journey of a Foreign-Trained Physician to a United States Residency: Controversies Surrounding the Impact of This Migration to the United States

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 171-176

  Leon Jr , Luis R ^a   Ojeda, Herminio ^b   Mills Sr , Joseph I ^a,b   Leon, Christine R ^b   Psalms, Shemuel B ^a   Villar, Hugo V ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOREIGN WORKER; FUNDING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB MARKET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIGRATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249065676     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.06.311     Document Type: Article

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