Barriers and facilitating factors in the professional careers of international medical graduates

Medical Education
Elisabeth G W HuijskensFrans van der Horst

Abstract

Social and cultural diversity are increasingly important characteristics of the medical professional workforce. Every year, substantial numbers of international medical graduates (IMGs) seek jobs outside the countries in which they were educated. This article concerns IMGs who enter the Netherlands as refugees or as spouses of Dutch citizens. As their non-European medical qualifications are not considered equivalent to the Dutch qualifications, they are required to undertake additional medical training. Because little is known about their professional careers, we set out to identify the barriers that confront and the facilitating factors that support IMGs before, during and after their supplementary medical training. We invited 58 IMGs who had successfully completed their additional medical training requirements in Maastricht, the Netherlands (1996-2007) to participate in in-depth interviews. They were identified by the university's Institute of Medical Education and from its alumni database. Thirty-two IMGs participated and reported a range of issues affecting their attempts to practise medicine in the Netherlands. Reported barriers included difficulties in accessing information on complementary medical education and lack of (...Continue Reading

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