Key Words: Editorials International Medical School Graduates In this issue of Academic Psychiatry are two Letters to the Editor/commentaries on the subject of International Medical Graduates (IMGs). Drs. Richard Balon and Michelle Riba describe a study extending previous findings that residency programs in a wide variety of specialties respond differentially to otherwise identical inquiries from potential applicants depending on the "foreignness" of the applicant's name and the location of the medical school. Dr. John Norton describes his own personal experiences with pressures from his department and school to "buy American." This is a subject about which few are truly objective. My own bias probably comes from the knowledge that, had someone not given my grandfather a break almost 100 years ago, it is not clear where I would be now. There are many complexities to the arguments. What is the constituency of a given program? What are its service needs? Are the differences in training and preparation among various countries as great as they may have been 20 years ago? Are we developing a two-tiered system of residencies and psychiatrists? How do we measure fairness? How do we fairly compare individuals from vastly differing backgrounds and training?
Psychiatry and International Medical Graduates
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Key Words: Editorials International Medical School Graduates In this issue of Academic Psychiatry are two Letters to the Editor/commentaries on the subject of International Medical Graduates (IMGs). Drs. Richard Balon and Michelle Riba describe a study extending previous findings that residency programs in a wide variety of specialties respond differentially to otherwise identical inquiries from potential applicants depending on the "foreignness" of the applicant's name and the location of the medical school. Dr. John Norton describes his own personal experiences with pressures from his department and school to "buy American." This is a subject about which few are truly objective. My own bias probably comes from the knowledge that, had someone not given my grandfather a break almost 100 years ago, it is not clear where I would be now. There are many complexities to the arguments. What is the constituency of a given program? What are its service needs? Are the differences in training and preparation among various countries as great as they may have been 20 years ago? Are we developing a two-tiered system of residencies and psychiatrists? How do we measure fairness? How do we fairly compare individuals from vastly differing backgrounds and training?Preview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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Psychiatry and International Medical Graduates
Mohl, Paul C.
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, Volume 25 (3): 133
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal) – Sep 1, 2001
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