Recruiting Residents from Abroad
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15746134 |
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| Authors | Peter Bundred (University of Liverpool, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 201-205 |
| Publication date | 2008-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.4.ccas2-0804 |
| PMID | 23206908 |
| OpenAlex | W80953044 |
| Language | EN |
is the director of a family medicine residency program at a community hospital in North Dakota. In the last residency match process, she was unable to fill the available positions for incoming interns and is looking for one more qualified applicant for the 3-year program. At this point, the most promising applicants have all trained overseas, and the applicant she and her program wish to hire is from Ghana. Dr. Wilson is well aware that most foreign medical graduates tend to settle in the United States after residency, thereby depriving their home country of their expertise and the benefit of their training. In fact, the applicant from Ghana was educated
Bioethics · Family medicine · Medical education · Medical ethics · Political science · Psychiatry · Global Health Care Issues · Global Health Workforce Issues · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law · Medicine
| Highly cited | No |
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