BACKGROUND There is much discussion about the sex differences that exist in medical education. Research from the United Kingdom (UK) and United States has found female doctors earn less, and are less likely to be senior authors on academic papers, but female doctors are also less likely to be sanctioned, and have been found to perform better academically and clinically. It is also known that in...

To the Editor: We are writing to express our concerns with the current residency matching process regarding an apparent loophole that treats sponsored US graduates differently than independent applicants from international medical schools. Allowing international graduates to enter the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and then withdraw if offered a pre-Match position, is unfair to US gr...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The number of degree-awarding programmes in medical education is steadily increasing. Despite the popularity and extensive investment in these courses, there is little research into their impact. This study investigated the perceived impact of an internationally-renowned postgraduate programme in medical education on health professionals' development as educators. METHO...

BACKGROUND There is little knowledge available about how it feels for an international medical graduate arriving in Norway. We have investigated how the initial period as an employee of the Norwegian health services is perceived. MATERIAL AND METHOD We conducted semi-structured interviews with 16 international medical graduates who had foreign training and citizenship. They had worked as doct...

Studies indicate that about 23 percent to 28 percent of the physicians working and residing in the United States, Canada, Australia, the UK and New Zealand were born and trained in the low-income countries, areas suffering from critical shortages of physicians and other health workers. In the US alone, the preponderance of the foreign physicians hails from South Africa, Philippines, India, Paki...

OBJECTIVE To measure specialist international medical graduates' (SIMGs) level of learning through participation in guided tutorials, face-to-face or through videoconferencing (VC), and the effect of tutorial attendance and quality of participation on success in specialist college examinations. DESIGN AND SETTING Tutorials were conducted at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital between 19 S...