Career development of international medical graduates in Canada: status of the unmatched.

ABSTRACT: With limited residency positions, the majority of international medical graduates living in Canada and other developed countries cannot work as physicians. The educational experience and career development of unmatched international medical graduates (those who are not matched to a residency position) residing in Canada have never been studied. Through an innovative collaboration of provincial international medical graduate organizations, we launched an online survey targeting the career development of unmatched international medical graduates, with 356 survey responses entering data analysis. Respondents reported that at the early career planning stage, close to a third had not had adequate knowledge of their career prospects in Canada. Although official resources are available, most resp

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9885407 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature