Foreign Medical Schools : Education Should Improve Monitoring of Schools That Participate in the Federal Student Loan Program.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational law and legislation.

Educational tests and measurements.

Federal aid to medical education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (82 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Report analyzing Department of Education loan data for all foreign medical schools participating in the Federal family education loan program between academic years 1998 and 2008 and performance of international medical graduates on licensing examinations, evaluating Department of Education monitoring of foreign medical schools compliance with the minimum licensing exam pass rate requirement, and providing information on where international medical graduates obtained residencies and types of medicine they practice.

Includes GAO May 2010 briefing to House Education and Labor Committee and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee staffs.

Includes tables and graphs throughout.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection (last viewed Feb. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Print.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: United States. Government Accountability Office. Foreign Medical Schools

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.