RT Journal
A1 Egan RL
T1 US citizens returning from foreign medical schools
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1979
FD January 12
VO 241
IS 2
SP 165
OP 165
DO 10.1001/jama.1979.03290280045028
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1979.03290280045028
AB As increasing numbers of Americans return to the United States after attending foreign medical schools, questions must be raised and answered about educational quality and the students' capabilities as they enter our system of medical education and subsequent practice. These returnees have participated in a system of medical education that is distinctly different from our own.To generalize, Americans who attend foreign medical schools were unable to gain admission to an accredited US medical school. They have faced the challenge of a foreign language and unaccustomed surroundings and mores and wish to transfer home at the earliest possible time because all expect to practice medicine in the United States.Despite doubling of the number of first-year positions in US medical schools during the past dozen years, a greater increase in the number of applicants has resulted in the rejection of qualified persons who might otherwise have been accepted during less-competitive