A roadmap for observership programs in psychiatry for international medical graduates

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 300-306

  Hamoda, Hesham M ^a   Sacks, Diane ^b   Sciolla, Andres ^c   Dewan, Mantosh ^d   Fernandez, Antony ^e   Gogineni, Rama Rao ^f   Goldberg, Jeffrey ^g   Kramer, Milton ^h   Saunders, Ramotse ⁱ   Sperber, Jacob ^j   Rao, Nyapati R ^j  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; PSYCHIATRY; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OBSERVATION; PSYCHIATRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864615508     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.11040073     Document Type: Article

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