Hurdles in US Surgical Training for International Medical Graduates
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Selecting international medical graduates (IMGs) for training in US surgical residencies.
Training individuals who completed their medical education outside the United States, the socalled “International Medical Graduates” (IMGs), is an issue of growing importance. IMGs continue to fill vital positions not taken by US medical school graduates. In fact, Whitcomb et al reported that 12% of general surgery residency programs were “IMG dependent.” In the 2005 match, 9% of the 2382 gener...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0972-2068,0973-9793
DOI: 10.1007/s12262-016-1517-7