Workplace‐based assessment for international medical graduates: at what cost?
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Workplace-based assessment for international medical graduates: at what cost?
OBJECTIVE To estimate the cost of resources required to deliver a program to assess international medical graduates (IMGs) in Newcastle, Australia, known as the Workplace Based Assessment (WBA) Program. DESIGN AND SETTING A costing study to identify and evaluate the resources required and the overheads of delivering the program for a cohort of 15 IMGs, based on costs in 2012. MAIN OUTCOME M...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal of Australia
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0025-729X,1326-5377
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10849