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Volume 335:1535-1537 November 14, 1996 Number 20
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Graduates of Foreign Medical Schools in the United States

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To the Editor: Iglehart's discussion of the quandary over graduates of foreign medical schools in the United States (June 20 issue)1 highlights several issues. We train residents to provide the country with the work force needed for the next 30 years and to provide trainees with current knowledge and the tools to advance that knowledge. The United States, with its advanced medical-education system, has a responsibility to train the brightest young physicians from less developed countries, who should take that training back to their own countries. It is appropriate for the federal government to fund both these elements of graduate . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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