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Acculturation, Education, Training, and Workforce Issues of IMGs: Current Status and Future Directions

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  1. Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Nassau Univ. Medical Center, East Meadow, NY

    Nyapati R. Rao M.D., M.S. & Joel Yager M.D.

  2. Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

    Nyapati R. Rao M.D., M.S. & Joel Yager M.D.

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Rao, N.R., Yager, J. Acculturation, Education, Training, and Workforce Issues of IMGs: Current Status and Future Directions. Acad Psychiatry 36, 268–270 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.12050095

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