Supporting international medical graduates' transition to their host-country: realist synthesis

Medical Education

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1015-1032

  Kehoe, Amelia ^a   McLachlan, John ^a   Metcalf, Jane ^b   Forrest, Simon ^a   Carter, Madeline ^a   Illing, Jan ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; WORKPLACE;

ACCULTURATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84987842821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.13071     Document Type: Review

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