U.S.-citizen international medical graduates - A boon for the workforce?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 1686-1687

  Eckhert, N Lynn ^a   Van Zanten, Marta ^b  

^a PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOREIGN WORKER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; ACCREDITATION; CARIBBEAN; ECONOMICS; MANPOWER; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ACCREDITATION; CARIBBEAN REGION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928713574     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1415239     Document Type: Article

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