A longitudinal study of the characteristics and performances of medical students and graduates from the Arab countries Career choice, professional education and development

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tekian, Ara ^a   Boulet, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Career pathways; International medical graduates; International physician migration

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATE; HUMAN; LICENSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE EAST; PHYSICIAN; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PHYSICIANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946229439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0482-3     Document Type: Article

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