Examination outcomes for international medical graduates pursuing or completing family medicine residency training in Quebec

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 912-918

  MacLellan, Anne Marie ^a   Brailovsky, Carlos ^b   Rainsberry, Paul ^c   Bowmer, Ian ^d   Desrochers, Micheline ^a  

^a Direction de l'Amélioration de l'Exercice   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c College of Family Physicians of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^d Medical Council of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CERTIFICATION; EVALUATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77957655899     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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