Educational commission for foreign medical graduates certification and specialty board certification among graduates of the Caribbean medical schools

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Norcini, John J ^a   McKinley, Danette W ^a   Boulet, John R ^a   Anderson, M Brownell ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CERTIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; STATISTICS;

CERTIFICATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SPECIALTY BOARDS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 39049183136     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.acm.0000236517.06520.cc     Document Type: Article

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