Credentialing and retention of visa trainees in post-graduate medical education programs in Canada

Abstract Background Visa trainees are international medical graduates (IMG) who come to Canada to train in a post-graduate medical education (PGME) program under a student or employment visa and are expected to return to their country of origin after training. We examined the credentialing and reten...

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Main Authors: Maria Mathews, Rima Kandar, Steve Slade, Yanqing Yi, Sue Beardall, Ivy Bourgeault, Lynda Buske
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Human Resources for Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12960-017-0211-6