"Proving Yourself" in the Canadian Medical Profession: Gender and the Experiences of Foreign-trained Doctors in Medical Practices

In recent years the medical profession has become feminized. Additionally, there has been an increased representation of foreign-trained professionals in the Canadian medical profession; many of which are women. Thus, there is a significant number of female medical practitioners who are foreign-born and foreign-trained. This demographic faces many barriers, which are often characterized as a “double disadvantage”. This paper investigates the experiences of foreign-trained medical professionals once they have gained access to the profession and whether the feminization of medicine has impacted the experiences of these individuals. Immigrant status was found to be highly significant to one’s experiences in the profession. Additionally, gender, period, and country of origin were significant. It was found that the feminization of the profession did impact the experiences of the respondents to some extent. The experiences of foreign-trained medical professionals are complex and dependent on a number of different variables.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor dc:publisher

The University of Western Ontario

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Dolishny, Vanessa Noelle

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Adams, Tracey L.

• Foreign-trained professional
• gender
• regulated profession
• medicine
• health profession
• immigration

Language dc:language.iso

en_ca

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14721/32368

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uwo.scholaris.ca:20.500.14721/32368