Named Groups

Foreign Medical Graduates

Physicians who hold degrees from medical schools in countries other than the ones in which they practice.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Physicians who hold degrees from medical schools in countries other than the ones in which they practice.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Foreign Medical Graduate
  • Graduate, Foreign Medical
  • Graduates, Foreign Medical
  • Medical Graduate, Foreign
  • Medical Graduates, Foreign

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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History Note

70(68)

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Previous Indexing

  • Physicians (1966-1967)

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Tree Numbers

  1. M01w.526.407.435w
  2. M01w.526.485.810w.390w
  3. N02.360.810w.390w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Foreign Medical Graduates. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005550. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005550
  2. Foreign Medical Graduates. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_medical_graduate
  3. Foreign Medical Graduates. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17152851