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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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2 Professor of General Practice and Primary Care, 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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4 Professor of Medical Education, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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Emily Fletcher, John Campbell, Emma Pitchforth, Adrian Freeman, Leon Poltawski, Jeffrey Lambert, Kamila Hawthorne
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Emily Fletcher, John Campbell, Emma Pitchforth, Adrian Freeman, Leon Poltawski, Jeffrey Lambert, Kamila Hawthorne
BJGP Open 2020; 4 (3): bjgpopen20X101034. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101034
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