Reported Visa Acceptance or Sponsorship for Non-US Citizen Applicants to US Internal Medicine Residency Programs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-US citizen international medical graduates (IMGs) make up a significant proportion of the physician workforce, especially in physician shortage areas and specialties. IMGs face barriers matriculating in US residency programs. Whether a program reports accepting J-1 visas and sponsoring H-1B visas influences their decision to apply, it remains unclear which institutional factors shape programs' likelihood to consider visa-seeking applicants.

Objective

We investigated factors associated with programs reporting accepting J-1 visas or sponsoring H-1B visas for non-citizen applicants in internal medicine, the specialty most sought after by IMGs.

Methods

We performed multivariable regression analyses using publicly available data to identify characteristics a

SUBMITTER: Tiako MJN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9765918 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature