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15847003

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
The number of international medical graduates (IMGs) passing the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) examination was six times greater in 2004 than in 2000. This has resulted in unprecedented numbers of applicants for junior posts, with some attracting over 1,000 overseas graduates. The Royal College of Physicians working group on IMGs was established in 2004 to address the problems that face newly qualified IMGs. The group has ascertained and now publishes current levels of competition for junior posts in order to inform overseas graduates of the levels of competition they are likely to encounter. The group is seeking ways of selecting applicants when such large numbers apply for posts and is looking at ways of improving clinical attachments. The paper considers these and other difficulties that IMGs face when they first seek employment in the UK and discusses possible solutions.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1470-2118
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
126-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Assisting international medical graduates applying for their first post in the UK: what should be done?
pubmed:affiliation
Darlington Memorial Hospital. peter.trewby@cddah.nhs.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review