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Predicting success in psychiatric training for foreign medical graduates: II. Patterns in course

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

James M. A. Weiss  and
David Davis
James M. A. Weiss*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri – Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia Missouri
David Davis
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri – Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia Missouri
*
1Address for correspondence: Professor J. M. A. Weiss, Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri Medical Center, 803 Stadium Road, Columbia, Missouri 65201, USA.
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Synopsis

Faculty ratings of 22 foreign medical graduates (‘FMGs’), all of whom entered psychiatric residency training at the University of Missouri–Columbia from 1966 through 1973, were compared with those of a similar group of North American medical graduates (‘AMGs’). An on-going evaluation programme provided data for a variety of parameters ranging from ‘theoretical knowledge’ to ‘clinical skills’. Results indicated that in most areas of performance the median FMG started at a level substantially lower than that of the median AMG and very slowly caught up. When achievement criteria were utilized it became apparent that, at least by the third year of training, ‘superior’ FMGs could equal or surpass the median performance of ‘superior’ AMGs, whereas ‘marginal’ residents, whether foreign or native-born, seldom attained even competence in most major spheres of functioning. Implications of these findings and those in related studies are discussed.

Type
Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , May 1977 , pp. 311 - 316
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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