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International Medical Graduates Make Widespread Contributions

Publication: Psychiatric News
Volume 44, Number 18
https://doi.org/10.1176/pn.44.18.0009a
According to a 2005 report from the University of Washington's Center for Health Workforce Studies, 9 out of 10 foreign-trained physicians practicing medicine in the United States—that is, international medical graduates (IMGs)—were foreign born. (The rest were U.S. born.) Thus data about IMGs mostly concern foreign-born physicians and provide valuable insights into their role in American medicine.
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According to data from the AMA, there were 902,053 physicians in the United States in 2006. Of these physicians, 228,665 (25 percent) were IMGs.
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According to 2006 and 2007 AMA data, 20 percent of IMGs received their medical degrees in India, 9 percent in the Philippines, 6 percent in Mexico, 5 percent in Pakistan, and 3 percent in the Dominican Republic. Altogether they received medical degrees from 127 countries.
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According to 2008 AMA data, 37 percent of IMGs practiced internal medicine, 31 percent psychiatry, 28 percent anesthesiology, and 28 percent pediatrics; the largest number is located in New Jersey, followed by New York, Florida, and Illinois.
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According to APA's Division of Education, the percentage of U.S. psychiatry residents who are IMGs has dropped from 40 percent in 1999 to 31 percent in 2008.
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According to APA's Department of Membership, the percentage of APA members who are IMGs has stayed steady in the past decade—25 percent in 1999 and 26 percent now.
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Foreign-born IMGs “come from vastly different cultural, linguistic, and medical-education backgrounds than do their American counterparts,” an article in the January-February 2007 Academic Psychiatry noted.“ They play a key role in the delivery of health care, especially to underserved populations.” ▪

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