International medical graduates' relative under-performance in the MRCGP AKT and CSA examinations

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 148-152

  Wakeford, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applied knowledge test; Clinical skills assessment; Failure rate; International medical graduates; MRCGP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; PREJUDICE;

EID: 84863643139     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2012.11494097     Document Type: Article

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