Doctors criticise proposals to cut specialist training for non-EU graduates

Predictors of career progression and obstacles and opportunities for non-EU hospital doctors to undertake postgraduate training in Ireland

BACKGROUND The World Health Organization's Global Code on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel urges Member States to observe fair recruitment practices and ensure equality of treatment of migrant and domestically-trained health personnel. However, international medical graduates (IMGs) have experienced difficulties in accessing postgraduate training and in progressing their career...

Perceptions of the learning environment in higher specialist training of doctors: implications for recruitment and retention.

INTRODUCTION Career choice, sense of professional identity and career behaviour are influenced, subject to change and capable of development through interaction with the learning environment. In this paper workplace learning discourses are used to frame ongoing concerns associated with higher specialist training. Data from the first stage of a multimethods investigation into recruitment into an...

Doctors applying for Danish postgraduate medical specialist training are getting younger.

INTRODUCTION It was previously shown that applicants for postgraduate medical specialist training in Denmark were old. In order to prevent potential shortage of specialists, the Danish health authorities have passed legislation to speed up the output of new specialists. The aim of this study was to highlight the present characteristics of young doctors who entered specialist training. METHODS...

Educational support for specialist international medical graduates in anaesthesia

Educational support for specialist international medical graduates in anaesthesia.

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...