Preparing international medical graduates for psychiatry residency: A multi-site needs assessment

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 277-281

  Sockalingam, Sanjeev ^a   Hawa, Raed ^a   Al Battran, Mazin ^a   Abbey, Susan E ^a   Zaretsky, Ari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

CANADA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84864631182     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.09110219     Document Type: Article

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