Hallock James A, McKinley Danette W, Boulet John R
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2685, USA.
Med Teach. 2007 Mar;29(2-3):98-105. doi: 10.1080/01421590701268723.
Global shortages of healthcare workers in both developed and developing countries are of great concern. Research on physician migration typically focuses on medical school graduates, most often those seeking postgraduate training opportunities elsewhere.
An overview of medical school migration patterns is presented in this paper. To put this phenomenon into the broader context of global physician migration, data is also presented on the distribution of medical schools, physician density, the flow of international medical graduates to the US, and the present composition of the US physician workforce.
Results of the study indicate that many individuals leave their home country for undergraduate medical education.
Given the movement of students and physicians, both for medical school and for advanced training opportunities, it is evident that some medical schools in the world are training doctors for their home country as well as for the international labor market. Overall, given the internationalization of medical education, collaborative efforts will be needed to develop an adequate, balanced, and well-trained global physician workforce.
发达国家和发展中国家医疗工作者的全球短缺都备受关注。对医生移民的研究通常集中在医学院毕业生身上，尤其是那些在其他地方寻求研究生培训机会的人。
本文概述了医学院的移民模式。为了将这一现象置于全球医生移民的更广泛背景下，还提供了有关医学院分布、医生密度、国际医学毕业生流向美国以及美国医生劳动力当前构成的数据。
研究结果表明，许多人离开本国接受本科医学教育。
鉴于学生和医生为了医学院学习和获得高级培训机会而流动，显然世界上一些医学院不仅为本国培养医生，也为国际劳动力市场培养医生。总体而言，鉴于医学教育的国际化，需要共同努力来培养一支充足、平衡且训练有素的全球医生队伍。
