Dealing with foreign cultural paradigms: A systematic review on intercultural challenges of international medical graduates.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

An increasing number of International Medical Graduates (IMG), who are defined to be physicians working in a country other than their country of origin and training, immigrate to Western countries. In order to ensure safe and high-quality patient care, they have to take medical and language tests. This systematic review aims to (1) collect all empiric research on intercultural communication of IMGs in medical settings, (2) identify and categorize all text passages mentioning intercultural issues in the included studies, and (3) describe the most commonly reported intercultural areas of communication of IMGs.

Methods

This review was based on the PRISMA-Guidelines for systematic reviews. We conducted a broad and systematic electronic literature search for empiric re

SUBMITTER: Michalski K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5513557 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature