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,
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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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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Foreign Medical Graduates" by people in Profiles.
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Use of foreign-educated nurses and patient satisfaction in U.S. hospitals. Health Care Manage Rev. 2016 Oct-Dec; 41(4):306-15.
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Pediatrician workforce policy statement. Pediatrics. 2013 Aug; 132(2):390-7.
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International medical graduates in American surgery: past, present, future. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2007 Jul; 92(7):39-42.