Abstract The Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board test is well suited to overseas
doctors who have migrated for reasons of career development but less so for groups such as …

The exact number of refugee doctors in Britain is not known. Estimates suggest there are at
least 200, equivalent to the annual output of a typical medical school. The disproportionate …

Thousands of overseas trained doctors (OTDs) are being recruited each year to practice
medicine in Australia who have not had to pass a formal test of their medical knowledge or …

Background: Medically qualified refugees seek to build a new life and return to clinical
medicine. The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK needs to develop a workforce to …

The number of international medical graduates (IMGs) passing the Professional and
Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) examination was six times greater in 2004 than in …

THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE TESTING IN RELATION TO MIGRANT DOCTORS The
medical profession pioneered'vocational'English language testing in Australia, in somewhat …

Australia's policy for registering and accrediting overseas trained doctors (OTDs) is
dysfunctional. Some OTDs, who are well qualified and here on permanent visas, are being …

Many refugees and asylum seekers now in the United Kingdom have trained and worked as
doctors, nurses, midwives and other professionals allied to medicine in the countries from …

Table 1.9 Temporary medical migration by state, 2000-2003 (category 442 visas issued) 12
Table 1.10 Australian Medical Council examination outcomes by select origin (1978-1993) …

This study explored the experience of a group of overseas-trained health professionals in
seeking to meet the English language requirements for registration in New Zealand by …