An acculturization curriculum: Orienting international medical graduates to an internal medicine residency program

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-43

  Porter, Joann L ^a   Townley, Theresa ^b,c   Huggett, Kathryn ^b   Warrier, Rugmini ^b  

^a VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; SATISFACTION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEBRASKA; PEDIATRICS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41149084030     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401330701542644     Document Type: Article

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