Foreign Professional Personnel (also known as Personnel, Foreign Professional, Professional Personnel, Foreign): Persons who have acquired academic or specialized training in countries other than that in which they are working. The concept excludes physicians for which FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES is the likely heading.

NIH MeSH · D005551Named Groups

Foreign Professional Personnel

Also known asPersonnel, Foreign Professional · Professional Personnel, Foreign

Definition

Persons who have acquired academic or specialized training in countries other than that in which they are working. The concept excludes physicians for which FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES is the likely heading.

MeSH classification

  • M01.526.407

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Common questions about Foreign Professional Personnel

What does Foreign Professional Personnel mean in medicine?
Persons who have acquired academic or specialized training in countries other than that in which they are working. The concept excludes physicians for which FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES is the likely heading. This definition is taken from the National Library of Medicine's MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) 2026 release, which is the standard vocabulary used to index PubMed and most medical literature.
Is Foreign Professional Personnel known by any other names?
Yes. Foreign Professional Personnel is also referred to as Personnel, Foreign Professional, Professional Personnel, Foreign in different clinical, research and patient-facing contexts. The MeSH descriptor groups all of these synonyms under a single canonical concept so research and records stay consistent.
Where does Foreign Professional Personnel sit in the medical classification?
Foreign Professional Personnel falls under the broader medical category "Named Groups" in the MeSH hierarchy (tree numbers: M01.526.407). Browsing the related concepts on this page takes you to neighbouring topics in the same branch of medicine.
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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D005551) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗