Place of medical qualification and outcomes of UK General Medical Council "fitness to practise" process: Cohort study

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7802, 2011, Pages

  Humphrey, Charlotte ^a   Hickman, Shaista ^a   Gulliford, Martin C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN UNION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84858997349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d1817     Document Type: Article

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