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International medical graduates and the cardiology workforce.
Recent publications have expressed the view that there is a shortage of cardiologists and it is growing worse. Both an increasing demand and a diminishing supply of cardiologists have been projected. An increase in the number of international medical graduates (IMGs) who enter cardiology practice has been proposed as a remedy for a projected shortage. The IMGs have to overcome challenges includ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1177/014107680609900908