In 2005-2006, about one-quarter (24.6%) of all visits to office-based physicians were to international medical graduates. Hispanic or Latino and Asian or Pacific Islander patients made more visits to international medical graduates (24.9%) than to U.S. medical graduates (12.4%). International medical graduates also saw a higher percentage of visits made by patients expecting to use Medicaid or ...

BACKGROUND The current residency training system in the United States (US) has inherent dependence on the international medical graduate (IMG). This article discusses the physician workforce shortage, especially related to general surgery, and examines the distribution of IMGs in general surgery ranks. STUDY DESIGN We performed a cross-sectional study using the American Medical Association Ma...

OBJECTIVES An increasing number of International Medical Graduates (IMG), who are defined to be physicians working in a country other than their country of origin and training, immigrate to Western countries. In order to ensure safe and high-quality patient care, they have to take medical and language tests. This systematic review aims to (1) collect all empiric research on intercultural commun...

Abstract Aim To provide an insight on the UK- Surgical Training Pathways for International Medical Graduates (IMGs) from Lower- & Middle-Income Country (LMIC's). eliminate barriers effective and safe patient care. Method A webinar “PLAB Beyond” was organised by Nepalese Doctors Association-UK 11thDec.2021 to various aspects of NHS application process Aspiring Surgeons LMIC's. Virtual sessio...

INTRODUCTION This paper quantifies the proportion of family physicians in rural practice and, in particular, initial rural practice. It examines differences between graduates of Canadian and international medical schools. METHODS The Canadian Medical Association postal code master file was used to determine the distribution in rural practice of Canadian and international medical school gradua...

BACKGROUND Communication skills are essential for physicians to practice Medicine. Evidence for the validity and domain specificity of communication skills in physicians is equivocal and requires further research. This research was conducted to adduce evidence for content and context specificity of communication skills and to assess the usefulness of a generic instrument for assessing communica...

INTRODUCTION In Australia, international medical graduates (IMGs) make a substantial contribution to rural medical workforces. They often face significant communication, language, professional and cultural barriers, in addition to the other challenges of rural clinical practice. The Gippsland Inspiring Professional Standards among International Experts (GIPSIE) program was designed to provide e...

In assembling the International Medical Graduate (IMG)focused articles for this special issue of Academic Psychiatry, our goal has been to “reexamine the role of IMGs in American psychiatry so that we can advocate for rational public policies and develop training models that successfully address IMGs’ sociocultural and educational needs” (1). We invited papers on themes that “include but are no...