Canadian and australian licensing policies for international medical graduates: A web-based comparison

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  McGrath, P ^a   Wong, A ^b   Holewa, H ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Canada; Imgs; International medical graduates; Licensing policies; Physicians

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956033109     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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