international medical graduate

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Epidemiology

  • nearly 1/4 of physicians working in the U.S. are international medical graduates[1]
  • hospitalized patients treated by international medical graduates with outcomes similar to those treated by U.S. trained physicians[2]

More general terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Masri A, Senussi MH Trump's Executive Order on Immigration - Detrimental Effects on Medical Training and Health Care. N Engl J Med. February 1, 2017 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28146648 <Internet> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1701251
    Armstrong K, Anderson ME, Carethers JM et al Perspective. International Exchange and American Medicine. N Engl J Med. February 1, 2017 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28146413 <Internet> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1701339
    Majeed MH, Saeed F Denying Visas to Doctors in the United States. N Engl J Med. February 1, 2017 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28146640 <Internet> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1616421
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tsugawa Y, Jena AB, Newhouse RL et al Quality of care delivered by general internists in US hospitals who graduated from foreign versus US medical schools: observational study. BMJ 2017;356:j273 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28153977 Free full text <Internet> http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j273