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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Medical graduates"”.
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Professional integration experiences of international medical graduates in Ireland and Canada
… on the integration of migrant doctors into the medical professional field or benchmarking their professional integration experiences with other countries that received large numbers of migrant doctors. Thus, this thesis asked the question, are our international medical graduates integrated into …
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The System Rules Us: Understanding the Perceptions of Foreign International Medical Graduates in the United States Regarding the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates' Certification Process
… remains a gap that is not being filled by US medical school graduates especially in under-served and rural areas. One of the solutions to this problem is to use Foreign International Medical Graduates (FIMGs) to fill residency training positions; however, the certification process for these …
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Residency and Practice Choice Patterns of Black and White Medical Graduates: A Comparative Study
… physicians who graduated from a large urban medical school during the years 1973-1984. The intent of the study was to determine if differences occurred between black and white medical graduates in terms of their specialty preference (choice) and location choice, and attempt to develop a model …
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Healing at the Margins: A Cultural/Historical Perspective on International Medical Graduates in the US Healthcare System
Foreign, or international, medical graduates make up about twenty five percent of current American medical trainees and twenty percent of physicians actively practicing medicine in the United States. In some specialties, particularly in primary care, the percentage of residents who received their …
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Rural internship job preferences of final year medical students in South Africa: a discrete choice experiment
… is vital however the unpopularity of rural medical practice results in widening healthcare inequalities between urban and rural areas. This study determined the heterogeneity in valuations for rural facility attributes by final year medical students at one South African public university to …
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Transition to clinical practice
… According to extensive international research, medical graduates continue to face significant challenges as they transition from student to doctor. Contributory factors include issues with preparedness, support, workplace interactions and challenges to their health and wellbeing. While research …
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Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing, Dispensing and Susceptibility Testing in a Primary Care Spinal Cord Injury Cohort
… cohort study using linked electronic medical records and health administrative databases from Ontario. Study 1 described patterns of primary care antibiotic prescribing in a primary care rostered- SCI cohort of 432 individuals and found UTIs were the number one indication for …
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The Bridging Education and Licensure of International Medical Doctors in Ontario: A Call for Commitment, Consistency, and Transparency
… look at the licensure rates of International Medical Doctors (IMDs), also known as International Medical Graduates (IMGs). However, very little research has been conducted on the experiences of IMDs before they enter the Canadian medical system. This qualitative study collected interview data …
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Medical workforce development in New Zealand: insights from a medical programme
… Zealand (NZ) has a reputation for excellence in medical education and training, and the cost-effectiveness of its health system. Like other Western countries, it is facing an immediate and major medical workforce crisis that is set to last for years. With little extra money available for …
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Hidden curriculum of undergraduate surgical education
INTRODUCTION: It is imperative that medical graduates are prepared to manage the increasingly complex surgical patients, who account for one quarter of hospital attendances. Medical school programmes are increasingly congested, meaning that it is necessary to deliver undergraduate surgical …
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Medical education and the importance of teaching medical teachers about teaching
This is an overview of medical education today. It deals with tertiary education matters pertinent to medical schools in South Africa, the forces that will inevitably cause medical education to change and the responses of other countries to similar circumstances. These forces are medical, …
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Female general surgeons: current status, perceptions and challenges in South Africa. A pilot study at a single academic complex
Background: Today, the majority of medical graduates in South Africa and internationally, are female. Current literature suggests that the surgical workforce does not reflect this gender integration. This trend, as well as a decrease in the popularity of general surgery as career choice, has been …