Migration of doctors for undergraduate medical education

Medical Teacher

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 98-105

  Hallock, James A ^a   Mckinley, Danette W ^b   Boulet, John R ^b  

^a Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)

^b FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIGRATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548022879     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590701268723     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Association of American Medical Colleges (2006) AAMC Statement on the Physician Workforce, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC
2. Aluwihare, AP (2005) Physician migration: Donor country impact. J Contin Educ Health Prof, 25, pp. 15-21.
3. American Medical Association (2005) AMA Masterfile, American Medical Association, Chicago
4. American Medical Association (2006) Physician characteristics and distribution in the US, American Medical Association, Chicago
5. Anyangwe, SC, Mtonga, C. and Chirwa, B. (2006) Health inequities, environmental insecurity and the attainment of the millennium development goals in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case study of Zambia. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 3, pp. 217-227.
6. Astor, A., Akhtar, T., Matallana, MA, Muthuswamy, V., Olowu, FA and Tallo, V. (2005) Physician migration: Views from professionals in Colombia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan and the Philippines. Soc Sci Med, pp. 2492-2500.
7. Boulet, JR, Bede, C., Mckinley, D. and Norcini, J. An overview of the world's medical schools. Med Teach, 29, pp. 20-26.
8. Boulet, JR, Norcini, JJ, Whelan, GP, Hallock, JA and Seeling, SS (2006) The international medical graduate pipeline: Recent trends in certification and residency training. Health Aff (Millwood), 25, pp. 469-477.
9. Boulet, JR, Swanson, DB, Cooper, RA, Norcini, JJ and Mckinley, DW (2006) A Comparison of the Characteristics and Examination Performances of U.S. and Non-U.S. Citizen International Medical Graduates who sought Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Certification: 1995-2004. Acad Med, 81, pp. S116-S119.
10. Brotherton, SE, Rockey, PH and Etzel, SI (2005) US graduate medical education, 2004-2005: Trends in primary care specialties. JAMA, 294, pp. 1075-1082.
11. Cooper, RA (2005) Physician migration: A challenge for America, a challenge for the world. J Contin Educ Health Prof, 25, pp. 8-14.
12. Poz, Dal MR, Quain, EE, O'Neil, M., McCaffery, J., Elzinga, G. and Martineau, T. (2006) Addressing the health workforce crisis: Towards a common approach. Hum Resour Health, 4, p. 21.
13. Diallo, K. (2004) Data on the migration of health-care workers: Sources, uses, and challenges. Bull World Health Organ, 82, pp. 601-607.
14. Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (2006) 2005 Annual Report, ECFMG, Philadelphia
15. Green, S. (2006) Brain drain adds to AIDS crisis in developing world. AIDS Treat News, 418, pp. 7-8.
16. Hagopian, A., Thompson, MJ, Fordyce, M., Johnson, KE and Hart, LG (2004) The migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States of America: Measures of the African brain drain. Hum Resour Health, 2, p. 17.
17. Hagopian, A., Ofosu, A., Fatusi, A., Biritwum, R., Essel, A. and Gary, HL (2005) The flight of physicians from West Africa: Views of African physicians and implications for policy. Soc Sci Med, 61, pp. 1750-1760.
18. Hallock, JA, Seeling, SS and Norcini, JJ (2003) The international medical graduate pipeline. Health Aff (Millwood), 22, pp. 94-96.
19. Johnson, K., Hagopian, A., Veninga, C. and Hart, LG (2006) The changing geography of Americans graduating from foreign medical schools. Acad Med, 81, pp. 179-184.
20. Kirigia, JM, Gbary, AR, Muthuri, LK, Nyoni, J. and Seddoh, A. (2006) The cost of health professionals' brain drain in Kenya. BMC Health Serv Res, 6, p. 89.
21. Loefler, IJ (2001) Medical migration. Croat Med J, 42, pp. 504-505.
22. Marchal, B. and Kegels, G. (2003) Health workforce imbalances in times of globalization: Brain drain or professional mobility?. Int J Health Plann Manage, 18, p. S89.
23. Martineau, T., Decker, K. and Bundred, P. (2004) 'Brain drain' of health professionals: From rhetoric to responsible action. Health Policy, 70, pp. 1-10.
24. Mathauer, I. and Imhoff, I. (2006) Health worker motivation in Africa: the role of non-financial incentives and human resource management tools. Hum Resour Health, 4, p. 24.
25. McAvinue, MB, Boulet, JR, Kelly, WC, Seeling, SS and Opalek, A. (2005) U.S. citizens who graduated from medical schools outside the United States and Canada and received certification from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, 1983-2002. Acad Med, 80, pp. 473-478.
26. Mullan, F. (2005) The metrics of the physician brain drain. N Engl J Med, 353, pp. 1810-1818.
27. Mullan, F. (2006) Doctors for the world: Indian physician emigration. Health Aff (Millwood), 25, pp. 380-393.
28. Oberoi, SS and Lin, V. (2006) Brain drain of doctors from southern Africa: Brain gain for Australia. Aust Health Rev, 30, pp. 25-33.
29. Pond, B. and Mcpake, B. (2006) The health migration crisis: The role of four Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries. Lancet, 367, pp. 1448-1455.
30. The Central Intelligence Agency (2005) The World Factbook (CIA)
31. Vujicic, M., Zurn, P., Diallo, K., Adams, O. and Poz, Dal MR (2004) The role of wages in the migration of health care professionals from developing countries. Hum Resour Health, 2, p. 3.
32. World Health Organization (2006) The World Health Report 2006: Working together for health. World Health Organisation