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

• Main Authors: Maria Mathews (Author), Rima Kandar (Author), Steve Slade (Author), Yanqing Yi (Author), Sue Beardall (Author), Ivy Bourgeault (Author), Lynda Buske (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...