Vocational Trainings National and International Perspectives - The American Experience

Dr  Frank Dornfest

Vocational Trainings National and International Perspectives - The American Experience

Dr Frank Dornfest University of California

Keywords: Education, Medical, Graduate, Family Practice, Internship and Residency, Great Britain

Abstract

The doctor shortage during the previous four decades caused a phenomenal growth in residency training programs in Family Practice in the USA. The author reviews its history, its current status and explains some of the specific issues which these programs currently face.

Author Biography

Dr Frank Dornfest, University of California

MBChB, MFGP Director, Family Practice Residency Program, Department of Family and Community Medicine

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Issue

Vol 9 No 6 (1988)

Section

Forum

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