A program for successful integration of international medical graduates (IMGs) into U.S. surgical residency training

Current Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 492-498

  Horvath, Karen ^a   Coluccio, Gina ^a   Foy, Hugh ^a   Pellegrini, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Certificate program; International medical graduate (IMG); Residency pretraining; Surgical training program

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ACHIEVEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CERTIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESPONSIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY; WASHINGTON;

EID: 4644323454     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cursur.2004.06.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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