TY  - JOUR
T1  - US citizens returning from foreign medical schools
AU  - Egan RL
Y1  - 1979/01/12
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1979.03290280045028
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 165
EP  - 165
VL  - 241
IS  - 2
N2  - 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
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1979.03290280045028
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1979.03290280045028
ER  -