ReviewCureus2022
Challenges for International Medical Graduates in the US Graduate Medical Education and Health Care System Environment: A Narrative Review.
Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparing international and US medical graduates in surgical subspecialties: meta-analysis of residency matching, research output, and postoperative outcomes.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Pooled it
- Experiences of International and Puerto Rican Medical Graduates in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- End-of-Life Care Processes and Outcomes for Older Adults Treated by International Medical Graduates vs. US Medical Graduates.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
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- Navigating US Psychiatry Training as an International Medical Graduate: From Structural Barriers to Personal Growth.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2025Article
- Research Output of Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Matriculants: A National Cross-Sectional Analysis.Cureus · 2025Article
- Instructors' Perspectives of Clinical Performance of Internationally-Trained Dental Students' Enrolled in a Qualifying Program.Journal of dental education · 2025Article
- Factors influencing United States residency interview rates among African international medical graduates.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- A review of support for International Medical Graduates (IMGs): a scoping review.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Bridging the Gap: The Essential Role of International Medical Graduates in Addressing the US Physician Shortage-Where Do We Stand?Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- Variability in Learner Performance Using the ACGME Harmonized Milestones During the First Year of Postgraduate Training.Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges · 2025Article
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- The current landscape and challenges facing international medical graduates in cardiothoracic surgery training.JTCVS open · 2025Article
- The Growing Nationwide Radiologist Shortage: Current Opportunities and Ongoing Challenges for International Medical Graduate Radiologists.Radiology · 2025Review
- Depression, anxiety, and stress among USMLE aspirants: a cross-sectional survey.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Underrepresented in Medicine Mentorship Program: Perceived Benefits and Lessons Learned.Family medicine · 2025Article
- Regional Distribution of Foreign-Born Medical Graduates in US Primary Care Specialty Residencies from 2010 to 2022.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- Variations in medicare reimbursements among surgical oncologists who are US versus international medical graduates.World journal of surgery · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
International medical graduates (IMGs) have become a vital part of the US graduate medical education (GME) and health care system (HCS) workforce; they contribute to essential diversity that relieves cultural and linguistic barriers to health care. The number of IMGs looking for medical training in the United States. has constantly been increasing in the last decades. The challenges they meet begin long before residency application, continue during their transition to residency programs, through early medical training, and eventually subside in senior years. IMGs' hurdles permeate the themes of navigating the US GME and HCS, adaptation to the US culture, communication skills, racial discrimination, emotional distress, and finances. This article aims to comprehensively review available information concerning the challenges encountered by IMGs in their transition to the US GME and HCS environments.
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