Moratorium urged for foreign visa trainees

Credentialing and retention of visa trainees in post-graduate medical education programs in Canada

BACKGROUND Visa trainees are international medical graduates (IMG) who come to Canada to train in a post-graduate medical education (PGME) program under a student or employment visa and are expected to return to their country of origin after training. We examined the credentialing and retention of visa trainees who entered PGME programs between 2005 and 2011. METHODS Using the Canadian Post-M...

Are Foreign IT Workers Cheaper? U.S. Visa Policies and Compensation of Information Technology Professionals

T use of H-1B and other work visas to hire foreign information technology (IT) professionals in the United States has attracted significant controversy and policy debates. On one hand, hiring high-skill foreign IT professionals on work visas can be advantageous for U.S. firms and the overall economy. On the other hand, high-skill immigration can adversely impact the wages of foreign and America...

Funding shake-up urged

years. By the autumn of 2005, both the scientific and the political context of such a convention may be different. By then, the Bush administration, which had acted against the clear recommendation of its National Academy may have been replaced. And the German government may have managed to win the backing of its own parliament in this important question. The German government also got a boost ...

Harmful moratorium on stem cell research.

National home care standards urged.

176 CMAJ, February 8, 2011, 183(2) © 2011 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors orient themselves with a lot of resources and a lot of sophistication. What do you do with a solo GP? Or even a multi-group practice?” Infection prevention and control in Canada has been focused on acute care facilities as a consequence of rising rates of health care–associated infections, which are now esti...