Foreign Medical Graduates
"Foreign Medical Graduates" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Physicians who hold degrees from medical schools in countries other than the ones in which they practice.
| Descriptor ID |
D005550
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.526.407.435 M01.526.485.810.390 N02.360.810.390
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| Concept/Terms |
Foreign Medical Graduates- Foreign Medical Graduates
- Graduate, Foreign Medical
- Medical Graduate, Foreign
- Medical Graduates, Foreign
- Foreign Medical Graduate
- Graduates, Foreign Medical
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Foreign Medical Graduates" by people in Profiles.
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Polk HC, Bland KI, Ellison EC, Grosfeld J, Trunkey DD, Stain SC, Townsend CM. A proposal for enhancing the general surgical workforce and access to surgical care. Ann Surg. 2012 Apr; 255(4):611-7.
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Dibner R, Andrieni J, Smith L. The In-Training Examination in Internal Medicine. Ann Intern Med. 2003 Jun 17; 138(12):1010; author reply 1010-1.
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Tulgan H, Butorac M, McCue JD. IMG applicants to a medical residency program. Acad Med. 1997 Aug; 72(8):659-60.
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Spodick DH. Striking "FMG" from our vocabulary. Ann Intern Med. 1992 Oct 15; 117(8):699; author reply 699-700.
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Miller LD, Saxbe WB, Hughes EF, Bergland RM, O'Neill JA, Ravitch MM, Barton B, Spencer FC, Moore FD. The training of surgeons: how many, in what, and by whom? Surgery. 1974 Jul; 76(1):170-98.