Residency training and international medical graduates: Coming to America no more

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2193-2194

  Traverso, Giovanni ^a,c,d   McMahon, Graham T ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84870514971     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.14681     Document Type: Short Survey

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