Retention of International Medical Graduates Following Postgraduate Medical Training in Newfoundland and Labrador
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Retention of international medical graduates following postgraduate medical training in newfoundland and labrador.
We linked the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) postgraduate database with Scott's Medical Database to determine 2004 work locations of physicians who started residency training at MUN by 1998 to assess whether international medical graduates (IMGs) are as likely as MUN and other Canadian medical graduates (CMGs) to work in Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador (NL). In 2004, 66.8% of th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Healthcare Policy | Politiques de Santé
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1715-6580
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2007.19391