Integration of international medical graduates in u.s. psychiatry: The role of acculturation and social support

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-26

  Atri, Ashutosh ^a   Matorin, Anu ^b   Ruiz, Pedro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; EDUCATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTORS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955110623     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.35.1.21     Document Type: Article

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