International medical graduates: challenges and solutions in psychiatry. (May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pemberton, Max; Gnanapragasam, Sam Nishanth; Bhugra, Dinesh
• Is Part Of: BJPsych international. Volume 19:Number 2(2022)
• Page Start: 30
• Page End: 33
• Publication Date: 2022-05
• Subjects: Low and middle income countries -- acculturation -- healthcare workers -- international medical graduates -- health workforce; Psychiatry, Transcultural -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; Comparative psychiatry -- Periodicals; 616.89
• DOI: 10.1192/bji.2021.15
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2056-4740

Abstract

Abstract : International medical graduates provide a valuable service to the healthcare of their adopted countries. However, there remain a significant number of challenges in their adjustment and acculturation in the post-migration phase. We believe that the cultural capital these doctors bring with them can act as a support as well as a challenge. They are likely to face subtle and not-so-subtle, covert and overt discrimination at a number of levels. In this brief report, we highlight some of the issues faced by them and some potential solutions.