Are international and American graduates equally ACGME competent? results of a pilot study

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-36

  Rojas, Cristhiam ^a   Samson, Suresh Nelson ^a   Ullilen, Jorge Florindez ^a   Amoateng Adjepong, Yaw ^a   Manthous, Constantine A ^b  

^a Dept of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751517777     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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