Working group 4: International medical graduates and the cardiology workforce

Working group 4: International medical graduates and the cardiology workforce.

International medical graduates and the cardiology workforce.

Recent publications have expressed the view that there is a shortage of cardiologists and it is growing worse. Both an increasing demand and a diminishing supply of cardiologists have been projected. An increase in the number of international medical graduates (IMGs) who enter cardiology practice has been proposed as a remedy for a projected shortage. The IMGs have to overcome challenges includ...

Osteopathic physicians and international medical graduates in the rural primary care physician workforce.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Primary care physician (PCP) shortages are a longstanding problem in the rural United States. This study describes the 2005 supply of two important components of the rural PCP workforce: rural osteopathic (DO) and international medical graduate (IMG) PCPs. METHODS American Medical Association (AMA) and American Osteopathic Association (AOA) 2005 Masterfiles were comb...

Participation in the workforce by Australian medical graduates.

OBJECTIVE To investigate workforce participation patterns among Australian medical graduates and the extent of cohort differences in these patterns. DESIGN We carried out a retrospective longitudinal cohort study, with data collected by postal survey on current occupation, location, absences from the workforce and occupation since graduation. PARTICIPANTS Graduates who had completed their b...

Canadian and immigrant international medical graduates.

OBJECTIVE To compare the demographic and educational characteristics of Canadian international medical graduates (IMGs) and immigrant IMGs who applied to the second iteration of the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) match in 2002. DESIGN Web-based questionnaire survey. SETTING The study was conducted during the second-iteration CaRMS match in Canada. PARTICIPANTS The sampling fra...