International medical graduates: lessons from the past and hopes for the future

P Trewby - Clinical medicine, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The high levels of unemployment among international medical graduates (IMGs) in the UK
and the skewed career structure of the NHS may stem from the 1930 withdrawal of General …

International medical graduates: the Australian perspective

NA Spike - Academic Medicine, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Australia, like many other developed countries, has faced medical workforce shortages. This
situation has been attributed to the increasing demands from an aging population and a …

[PDF][PDF] Coming to America—international medical graduates in the United States

GT McMahon - N Engl J Med, 2004 - healthadvocates.info
They can't believe that I round at 6: 30 am, that I am available to my patients 24 hours a day,
or that I don't get paid overtime for long hours. My medical school classmates who continue …

[HTML][HTML] The Medical Training Initiative: much more than learn, earn and return

FA Mir, S Slavin, R Jarvis - Journal of the Royal Society of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Since its inception, the National Health Service (NHS) has been dependent on overseas
clinicians. Even today, almost one in three doctors working in the NHS has completed their …

International medical graduates: past, present, and future

AA Monavvari, C Peters, P Feldman - Canadian Family Physician, 2015 - cfp.ca
have played an important role in maintaining Canada's medical work force. Approximately
25% of Ontario doctors are IMGs. 1 In some provinces, such as Saskatchewan and …

[CITATION][C] US-citizen international medical graduates—a boon for the workforce?

NL Eckhert, M van Zanten - New England Journal of Medicine, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Nearly 14% of applicants for US residency positions are US citizens who graduated from
international medical schools. These graduates enter primary care at much higher rates than …

Assisting international medical graduates applying for their first post in the UK: what should be done?

PN Trewby - Clinical medicine, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 NHS and international medical graduates

LM Pettigrew - Education for primary care, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
There is little doubt that the NHS would not have been sustainable since its inception had it
not been for the on-going contribution of health professionals from overseas. It is clear also …

The international medical graduate pipeline

JA Hallock, SS Seeling, JJ Norcini - Health Affairs, 2003 - healthaffairs.org
This paper presents information from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical
Graduates (ECFMG) on the certification and practice of international medical graduates …

Canada's cosmopolitan medical profession

L Buske - 2002 - Can Med Assoc
Canada has traditionally relied on a significant number of international medical graduates
(IMGs) to provide medical services, particularly in Saskatchewan and Newfoundland. Data …