Another lost tribe: Quantifying the experience of international medical graduates applying for a national training number (NTN) in the United Kingdom with a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

International medical graduates (IMGs) have a primary medical qualification obtained from outside their country of practice. In the United Kingdom (UK), postgraduate medical training after foundation years involves obtaining a national training number (NTN) in their specialty of choice by national selection. In this paper, we aim to quantify how IMGs feel to obtain an NTN and what unique obstacles they may face in doing so.

Materials and methods

A survey with a combination of closed and open-ended questions was circulated to IMGs via social media and text message. The survey was aimed at those IMGs practising at a middle grade (non-consultant) level, whether they had obtained a training number or not. Data collected included demographics, years of postgraduate exp

SUBMITTER: Noaman I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8433111 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature