Ways in which healthcare organisations can support overseas-qualified doctors in the UK

dc.creator	Charlotte Rothwell
dc.creator	Gill Morrow
dc.creator	Bryan Burford
dc.creator	Jan Illing
dc.date	2013-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:13:21Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:13:21Z
dc.identifier	10.5116/ijme.515a.2231
dc.identifier	2042-6372
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d6625ea345304fb2b2e4c0b7b799b231
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15954
dc.description	Objectives: To identify what healthcare organisations, including medical regulators, can do to address the issues and concerns faced by overseas-qualified doctors when moving to the UK. Methods: Qualitative interviews were conducted with sixty-six doctors who had qualified outside the UK and who were entering the first year of the UK Foundation Programme (FY1, equivalent to the intern year). Doctors were interviewed three times at different points in that year. In addition twelve telephone interviews were conducted with educational supervisors. A grounded theory approach was used to analyse the findings. Results: Issues and concerns were found to relate to: practical and logistical difficulties; gaps in declarative knowledge relevant to the UK, for example, use of equipment and drug names; structural differences, for example, organisational elements of working in the NHS, and differences in the relational aspects of professional work and clinical care, stemming from training in different models of healthcare. Conclusions: Agencies at different levels - government, regulator and employer - have a role to play in supporting overseas-doctors in their transition, and it is suggested that a co-ordinated approach would have benefits for doctors and patients.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	IJME
dc.relation	http://www.ijme.net/archive/4/support-for-overseas-qualified-doctors.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2042-6372
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Journal of Medical Education, Vol 4, Pp 75-82 (2013)
dc.subject	overseas doctors
dc.subject	international medical graduates
dc.subject	support
dc.subject	medical education
dc.subject	induction programmes
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Ways in which healthcare organisations can support overseas-qualified doctors in the UK
dc.type	article