Community Hospitals and Graduates of Foreign Medical Schools

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Letters15 June 1991Community Hospitals and Graduates of Foreign Medical SchoolsAbraham Verghese, MDAbraham Verghese, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1062 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the Editors: In their editorial, Drs. Bogdonoff and Fins (1) speak of "programs staffed by graduates of U.S. medical schools and those staffed by graduates of foreign medical schools." A third type of residency program exists in which no great distinction is made between these two types of graduates.Graduates of foreign medical schools are not a homogeneous group. Generalizations, such as "a clear qualitative difference exists between foreign and U.S. medical schools," are inaccurate. Note that graduates of Cape Town, Cambridge, and Cologne are all graduates of foreign medical schools. I think that a resident who can feel...Reference1. BogdonoffFins MJ. University medical center participation in residency training programs for graduates of foreign medical schools [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 1991;114:426-7. LinkGoogle Scholar1. BogdonoffFins MJ. University medical center participation in residency training programs for graduates of foreign medical schools [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 1991;114:426-7. LinkGoogle Scholar2. BabbottLeveyWeaverKillian DGSC. Medical student attitudes about internal medicine: a study of U.S. medical school seniors in 1988. Ann Intern Med. 1991;114:16-22. LinkGoogle Scholar1. BogdonoffFins MJ. University medical center participation in residency training programs for graduates of foreign medical schools [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 1991;114:426-7. LinkGoogle Scholar2. Richards T. Medical education in India-in poor health. Br Med J. 1985;290:1132-5. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Tosteson D. New pathways in general medical education. N Engl J Med. 1990;323:234-8. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Greganti M. Where are the clinical role models? Arch Intern Med. 1990;150:259-61. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: 1922 Plaen View Drive Iowa City, Iowa 52246 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byOf Pride, Prejudice, and Discrimination Why Generalizations Can Be Unfair to the IndividualAjit Varki 15 June 1991Volume 114, Issue 12Page: 1062-1063KeywordsGraduate medical educationResidency Issue Published: 15 June 1991 PDF downloadLoading ...