Intensive one-week orientation for foreign medical graduates entering an internal medicine residency program.
The authors describe an intensive week-long introduction to hospital-based medical practice for foreign medical graduates (FMGs) entering an internal medicine residency program. The intensive orientation helps the FMGs function more effectively in the American hospital environment and reduces the frequency of personal and professional adjustment problems. The program is easily adaptable to other hospitals with large numbers of FMG residents.
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Department of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Affiliation, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, New York 11432.
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Walerstein
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Cohen
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D005550:Foreign Medical Graduates / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States