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The International Fellowship Programme: some personal thoughts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Gareth J. Holsgrove*
Affiliation:
Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK, email: [email protected]
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The International Fellowship Programme (IFP) was launched in 2003 under the name of the International Fellowship Scheme, its title being changed in 2004 because it was causing confusion to US doctors, who interpreted the word ‘scheme’ as having Machiavellian implications.

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Thematic paper – International recruitment
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