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Comparing international postgraduate training and healthcare context with the UK to streamline overseas GP recruitment: four case studies

Emily Fletcher, John Campbell, Emma Pitchforth, Adrian Freeman, Leon Poltawski, Jeffrey Lambert and Kamila Hawthorne
BJGP Open 2020; 4 (3): bjgpopen20X101034. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101034
Emily Fletcher
1 Research Fellow, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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3 Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow in Primary Care, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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vol. 4 no. 3 bjgpopen20X101034
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101034
PubMed 
32522751

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Royal College of General Practitioners
History 
  • Received September 12, 2019
  • Accepted November 8, 2019
  • Published online August 25, 2020.

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  1. Emily Fletcher1,*,
  2. John Campbell2,
  3. Emma Pitchforth3,
  4. Adrian Freeman4,
  5. Leon Poltawski1,
  6. Jeffrey Lambert1 and
  7. Kamila Hawthorne5
  1. 1 Research Fellow, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
  2. 2 Professor of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
  3. 3 Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow in Primary Care, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
  4. 4 Professor of Medical Education, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
  5. 5 Royal College of General Practitioners, London, UK
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Emily Fletcher, E.Fletcher{at}exeter.ac.uk
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