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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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 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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Letter to the Editor Regarding "The Path to U.S. Neurosurgical Residency for Foreign Medical Graduates: Trends from a Decade 2007-2017". World Neurosurg. 2021 07; 151:293.
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Identifying the Geographic Profile of International Visitors to the United States for Neurosurgical Education: A Single Institution's Experience. World Neurosurg. 2020 07; 139:e708-e715.
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Geographic Distribution of International Medical Graduate Residents in U.S. Neurosurgery Training Programs. World Neurosurg. 2020 05; 137:e383-e388.
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A Pilot Study Examining Factors Influencing Readiness to Progress to Indirect Supervision Among First Year Residents in a General Psychiatry Training Program. Acad Psychiatry. 2018 Apr; 42(2):207-211.
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Response to "Geographic patterns in primary care visits provided by osteopathic physicians". Fam Med. 2013 Jan; 45(1):58-9.
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Osteopathic physicians and international medical graduates in the rural primary care physician workforce. Fam Med. 2012 Jun; 44(6):396-403.
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The future of medical licensure in the United States. Acad Med. 2006 Dec; 81(12 Suppl):S36-9.
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Obstacles to maintaining licensure in the United States. BMJ. 2005 Jun 18; 330(7505):1443-5.