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Original Articles

International out of programme experience (OOPE): is it worthwhile?

, MBBS BSc MRCGP (General Practitioner) & , MBChB MRCGP (GP ST3, Severn Deanery; Secretary)
Pages 303-307 | Published online: 07 Oct 2015

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